Neuroanatomy Notes

This is a compilation of high yield topics on neuroanatomy with visual mnemonics and illustrations targeted for undergraduate medical students who find difficulty in conceptualizing the nervous system.

Author: Dr. Sulabh Kumar Shrestha

Key features:

1. Covers clinically and academically important topics
2. Schematic diagrams
3. Visual mnemonics
4. Useful for medical students, PG and USMLE aspirants

Chapters:

1. How to draw mid-brain cross-section?
2. How to draw pons cross-section?
3. How to draw medulla cross-section?
4. Spinal cord cross-section and tracts simplified
5. Vertebro-basilar arterial systems and syndromes
6. Circle of willis – mnemonics and drawing
7. Circle of willis and blood supply of forebrain
8. Dural reflections and venous sinuses
9. Microanatomy of cerebral cortex
10. Brodmann areas and lesions
11. Thalamic connections
12. Nuclei of hypothalamus
13. Internal capsule
14. Simplified basal ganglia
15. CSF circulation
16. Trigeminal nerve
17. Facial nerve
18. Auditory pathway and Vestibular pathway
19. 10 retinal layers
20. Visual pathway
21. Horizontal conjugate gaze pathway
22. Limbic system
23. Brown-sequard syndrome – Anatomical basis
24. Lateral medullary syndrome (Wallenberg syndrome) – Anatomical basis
25. Medial medullary syndrome (Djerine syndrome) – Anatomical basis
26. Brachial plexus
27. Lumbar plexus

Dr. Sulabh Kumar Shrestha, MS Orthopedics

He is the section editor of Orthopedics in Epomedicine. He searches for and share simpler ways to make complicated medical topics simple. He also loves writing poetry, listening and playing music.