Barr's The Human Nervous System, 8/e #16413

Barr's The Human Nervous System, 8/e

Author(s):
John A. Kiernan, MB, ChB, PhD, DSc

Summary:
For over thirty years The Human Nervous System has offered a concise, well-written text on neuroanatomy for both medical and allied health students. This successful title is organized into four major parts: cellular aspects of the nervous system, regional anatomy of the brain and spinal cord, sensory and motor systems, and blood supply.

The Eighth Edition has been simplified to enhance coverage of the essentials and help students learn important facts and definitions. A CD-ROM at the back of the book includes multiple-choice and short-answer questions for review, clinical cases, an expanded glossary, expanded reading lists, and additional illustrations and diagrams.

Contents

Part One: Introduction and Neurohistology
1. Development, Composition, and Evolution of the Nervous System
2. Cells of the Nervous System
3. Peripheral Nervous System
4. Imaging Techniques and Neuroanatomical Research Methods

Part Two: Regional Anatomy of the Central Nervous System
5. Spinal Cord
6. Brain Stem: External Anatomy
7. Brain Stem: Nuclei and Tracts
8. Cranial Nerves
9. Reticular Formation
10. Cerebellum
11. Diencephalon
12. Corpus Striatum
13. Topography of the Cerebral Hemispheres
14. Histology of the Cerebral Cortex
15. Functional Localization in the Cerebral Cortex
16. Cerebral White Matter and Lateral Ventricles
17. Olfactory System
18. Limbic System: Hippocampus and Amygdala

Part Three: Review of the Major Systems
19. General Sensory Systems
20. Visual System
21. Auditory System
22. Vestibular System
23. Motor Systems
24. Visceral Innervation

Part Four: Blood Supply and the Meninges
25. Blood Supply of the Central Nervous System
26. Meninges and Cerebrospinal Fluid

Edition/Vol: Eighth Edition
Pub Date: 15 Dec 2004
Media Type: Book
Secondary Media Type: CD-ROM
Pages: 384
Illustrations: 306