MNSC 5100

Lectures and labs designed to acquaint the student with the anatomy and organization of the human central nervous system. Lecture topics include: cellular morphology; gross and microscopic anatomy of the spinal cord, brain stem, diencephalon (thalamus and hypothalamus), and telencephalon (cerebral hemispheres); blood supply of the CNS, meninges, and cerebrospinal fluid. Laboratory exercises involve exposure to aspects of microscopic and ultrastructural morphology of the CNS, examination of selected cross sections of spinal cord, brain stem, and diencephalon and telencephalon, and dissection of the brain.