Central Nervous System. The Manual for Medical Students

List of abbreviations
Preface
1. General data of central nervous system
1.1. Classification of central nervous system
1.2. Neurons
1.3. Nerve fibers
1.4. Nerve endings
1.5. General concept of reflex activity
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2. Spinal cord
2.1. External structure of spinal cord
2.2. Internal structure of spinal cord
2.3. Segmental apparatus and conduction apparatus of
the spinal cord
2.4. Composition of the spinal cord funiculi. Brief review
of the conduction tracts, contained in the funiculi
2.5. Meninges and intermeningeal spaces of the spinal
cord
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3. Brain
3.1. General data of the brain
3.2. Medulla oblongata
3.2.1. External structure of medulla oblongata
3.2.2. Internal structure of medulla oblongata
3.3. Pons
3.3.1. External structure of pons
3.3.2. Internal structure of pons
3.4. Cerebellum
3.4.1. External structure of cerebellum
3.4.2. Internal structure of cerebellum
3.4.3. Connections of the cerebellum with the spinal
cord and brain
3.4.4. Conduction tracts of the cerebellum
3.5. The fourth ventricle
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3.6. Mesencephalon
3.6.1. External structure
3.6.2. Internal structur
3.7. Diencephalon
3.7.1. Thalamencephalon
3.7.2. Hypothalamus
3.7.3. The third ventricle
3.7.4. Pathways and centers of diencephalon
3.8. Segmental apparatus of the brain stem
3.9. Reticular formation
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3.10. Telencephalon
3.10.1. Cerebral cortex
3.10.2. Cerebral areas
3.10.3. White matter of the cerebral hemispheres
3.10.4. Basal nuclei
3.10.5. Lateral ventricles
3.10.6. Rhinencephalon
3.11. The concept of extrapyramidal system
3.12. The concept of lymbic system
3.13. General review of the brain
3.14. Meninges of the brain
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4. Conduction tracts of central nervous system
4.1. General characteristic of the conduction tracts
4.2. Afferent tracts
4.2.1. Tracts of general sensitivity
4.2.2. Tracts of specialized sensitivity
4.3. Efferent tracts
4.3.1. Pyramidal tracts
4.3.2. Extrapyramidal tracts
4.4. Association tracts
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