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Clinical Neuroanatomy 7th Edition is a medical book written by Richard S. Snell. You can download this amazing medical book Clinical Neuroanatomy from this page. Classically organized by system, this popular text provides students of medicine and the health professions with a comprehensive and clinically oriented introduction to neuroanatomy. Every chapter starts with clear objectives, includes clinical cases, as well as ends with clinical notes, clinical problem solving, and review questions. Hundreds of full-color illustrations, diagnostic images, and color photographs enhance the text. This seventh edition features new information relating different parts of the skull to areas of the brain, expanded coverage of brain development and neuroplasticity, and updated information on stem cell research.

According to Richard S. Snell: The nervous system and the endocrine system control the functions of the body. The nervous system is basically made up of specialized organs, and cells, whose function is to receive sensory stimuli and transmit them to effector organs, whether muscular or glandular. The Sensory stimuli arising from outside or inside the body are correlated within the nervous system and the efferent impulses are coordinated so that the effector organs work together in harmony for the well-being of the individual. Furthermore, the nervous system of higher species have the ability to store sensory information received during past experiences. This information, if any, is integrated with other nerve impulses and channeled into the common efferent pathway.

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This book contains the basic neuroanatomical data necessary for the practice of medicine. It is suitable for students of medicine, dentistry students, nurses and health-related students. Residents find this book useful during their rotations. The functional organization of the nervous system has been emphasized and indicates how injury and disease can result in neurological disorders. Deficits The amount of factual information has been strictly limited to what is clinically important.

 

Topics of this Edition

Here are the topics of Clinical Neuroanatomy 

• Introduction and Organization of the Nervous System
• The Neurobiology of the Neuron and the Neuroglia
• Nerve Fibers, Peripheral Nerves, Receptor and Effector Endings, Dermatomes, and Muscle Activity
• The Spinal Cord and the Ascending and Descending Tracts
• The Brainstem
• The Cerebellum and Its Connections
• The Cerebrum
• The Structure and Functional Localization of the Cerebral Cortex
• The Reticular Formation and the Limbic System
• The Basal Nuclei and Their Connections
• The Cranial Nerve Nuclei and Their Central Connections and Distribution
• The Thalamus and Its Connections
• The Hypothalamus and Its Connections
• The Autonomic Nervous System
• The Meninges of the Brain and Spinal Cord
• The Ventricular System, the Cerebrospinal Fluid, and the Blood-Brain and Blood-Cerebrospinal Fluid Barriers
• The Blood Supply of the Brain and Spinal Cord
• The Development of the Nervous System
• Appendix

 

Introduction

In the emergency exam department of the local hospital, presented a fracture dislocation of the seventh thoracic vertebra, with signs and symptoms of severe spinal cord damage. Later, it was discovered that he had paralysis in his left leg. Skin sensitivity testing revealed a band of Cutaneous hyperesthesia (increased sensitivity) that extends around the abdominal wall on the left side at the level of the navel. Single below this, he had a narrow band of anesthesia and analgesia. On the right side, she presented total analgesia, thermoanesthesia, and partial loss of the sensation of touch of the skin of the abdominal wall below the level of the navel and involving the entire right leg. With knowledge of anatomy, a physician knows that a fracture dislocation of the seventh thoracic vertebra would cause serious damage to the tenth thoracic segment of the spinal cord. Due to the small size of the vertebral foramen in the thoracic region, such an injury inevitably results in damage to the spinal cord. Knowledge of the vertebral levels of the different segments of the spinal cord allows physicians to determine possible neurological deficits. Unequal sensory and motor losses on the two sides indicate a left hemi section of rope. The anesthesia and analgesia band was caused by the destruction of the cord on the left side at the height of the 10° thoracic segment; all afferent nerve fibers entering the medulla at that point were interrupted. Loss of pain and thermal sensitivity and the loss of light touch below the level of the umbilicus on the right side was caused by disruption of the lateral and anterior Spinothalamic tracts on the left side of the spinal cord. To understand what has happened to this patient, an understanding of the relationship between the spinal cord and its surrounding spinal column the column must be understood. The various neurological deficits will be easier to understand once the reader has learned how the nerve pathways run up and down the spinal cord.

 

 

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