Objectives

Neurodevelopment

• Summarize how the nervous system develops:

  • discuss the stages in development from the neural plate to the mature CNS/PNS

  • Identify which parts of the developing nervous system correspond to specific structure in the adult

• Discuss the time course of cellular development

  • identify the cell types found in the development

  • explain how the nervous system continues to mature after birth

• Solve clinical scenarios for neurodevelopmental disorders

Blood Supply

• Locate the blood vessels which supply the brain and trace the flow of blood

  • identifying vessels from the external and sagittal surface

  • draw and explain the function of the Circle of Willis

  • map each artery to the regions in the brain that it supplies

• Locate and describe the venous sinus system

  • trace the flow of drainage to the jugular vein

• Solve clinical scenarios for specific lesions of the cerebral vascular system based on signs and neuroimaging

Cranial Nerves

• Locate the cranial nerves

  • classify based on function

  • trace the path of each nerve to or from its nuclei through the skull

  • identify nerves from the external surface of the brain

• Solve clinical scenarios for lesions of the cranial nerves based on signs and neuroimaging

  • identify syndrome based on associated cranial nerve

  • distinguish between lesion in PNS and CNS

  • distinguish between UMN and LMN for CN VII and XII

Brainstem

• Describe the functional neuroanatomy of the brainstem

  • identify surface features for brainstem: dorsal and ventral views

  • locate landmarks (including nuclei) within each cross-section of the medulla, pons, and brainstem

  • trace the path and decussation of each cortical and spinal tract through the brainstem

• Solve clinical scenarios and identify syndromes for lesions of brainstem based on signs and neuroimaging