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The Human Brain: Dissections of the Real Brain

Preface and Copyright

Terence H. Williams, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.
Nedzad Gluhbegovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Jean Y. Jew, M.D.

Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed


The dissections in this electronic atlas can assist those students entering the field of human neuroanatomy for the first time to find out a great deal about the appearance and organization of the brain. It will also serve advanced students and teachers who may lack sufficient time or opportunity for carrying out the more complex and difficult dissections. It is our hope that this book will also help clinicians to refresh and improve their knowledge of neuroanatomy, especially in regard to the internal structures of the brain. Last but not least, we hope that these preparations will reveal to the reader, to a degree at least, the exceptional structural beauty of the human brain.

Chapter 1 deals with the coverings, blood vessels, and the external and internal structure of the spinal cord; Chapter 2 relates to the coverings of the brain and the blood vessels that nourish it; Chapters 3 through 5 classify the brain dissections into three major collections, illustrating the cerebellum, brainstem, and cerebral hemispheres respectively.

The authors have benefited from the excellent photographic expertise provided by Hans Kempkes of the Teaching Media Institute at the University of Utrecht and Paul Reimann of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Iowa. We also wish to acknowledge the adept assistance rendered by A. M. Van Egeraat and Evelyn Jew for their work with the line drawings.

The Human Brain: Dissections of the Real Brain
Copyright © 1997 by Terence H. Williams. All Rights Reserved

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