🧠 Basic Neuroanatomy
Complete Brain Structure Map
🔌 Central Nervous System
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Central Nervous System
10-12 Billion Neurons
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🧠
Brain
Higher Functions
🦴
Spinal Cord
Reflexes/Relay
🏛️ Three Brain Divisions
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FOREBRAIN
Prosencephalon
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MIDBRAIN
Mesencephalon
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HINDBRAIN
Rhombencephalon
🔝 FOREBRAIN Structures
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Forebrain
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Telencephalon
Cerebrum
🎯
Diencephalon
Deep Brain
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🌊
Cerebral Cortex
6 Layers
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Limbic System
Emotions
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Basal Ganglia
Motor
📡
Thalamus
Relay Station
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Hypothalamus
Survival
🧩 Cerebral Cortex Lobes
🔝
Frontal
Motor/Planning
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Parietal
Sensory
⏰
Temporal
Auditory
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Occipital
Visual
💚 Limbic System (Emotional Brain)
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Hippocampus
Memory
🔺
Amygdala
Fear/Rage
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Cingulate
Pain/Emotion
📊
Septum
Reward
🧅
Olfactory
Smell
🔄 MIDBRAIN Structures
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Midbrain
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🎯
Tectum
Roof
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Tegmentum
Floor
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Superior Colliculi
Visual
👂
Inferior Colliculi
Auditory
⚫
Substantia Nigra
Dopamine
🔴
Red Nucleus
Motor
😣
PAG
Pain
🔙 HINDBRAIN Structures
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Hindbrain
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🌉
Metencephalon
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Myelencephalon
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🏀
Cerebellum
Balance/Coord
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Pons
Bridge/Sleep
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Medulla
Vital Functions
⚡
RAS
Arousal
🛡️ Brain Protection Layers
💀
Skull
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💪
Dura Mater
Tough
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🕸️
Arachnoid
Web
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Pia Mater
Soft
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Brain
🔬 Cell Types
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Neurons
Signal
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Astrocytes
Support
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Oligodendrocytes
Myelin
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Microglia
Immune
⬅️ Neural Development
🏠 PSYP610
Neurochemistry ➡️
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