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Principles of Human Neuropsychology
G. Dennis Rains, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Introduction to the Structure and Function of the Central Nervous System

Chapter Outline

GENERAL TERMINOLOGY

AN OVERVIEW OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

The Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems

Major Divisions of the Brain

The Meninges

The Cerebral Ventricles

Gray Matter and White Matter

THE FOREBRAIN

The Cerebral Cortex

The Basal Ganglia

The Limbic System

The Diencephalon

THE BRAIN STEM

The Midbrain

The Hindbrain

THE CEREBELLUM

THE SPINAL CORD

SUMMARY