The Human Brain: Dissections of the Real Brain

Introduction

This electronic publication is intended to serve students of all the health and biological sciences who are seeking to understand the organization and functions of the human nervous system.

The unique feature of this book is its collection of brain and spinal cord dissections, the nature and quality of which would be virtually impossible for teachers or students to achieve in the teaching lab, where time is limited and correct identification of structures can be a trial. These dissections are offered as examples of the brain dissector's art, and provide students with visual access to an enhanced understanding of structures, pathways, relationships and concepts.

Dr. Gluhbegovic and Dr. Williams were the authors of the earlier book. Dr. Williams now gratefully acknowledges the assistance of a number of individuals who made this journey into cyberspace possible: Bin Kallan, Teresa Choi, and Dawn Finney. The completion of this new edition would not have been possible without the timeless work of Dr. Steven Zheng, Rong Wang, and Jing Wu. Valuable advice has been provide by James Duncan, and contributions have been made by Katie Fassbinder and Clint Zimmerman. He also thanks Lippincott-Raven for permission to use the images taken from The Human Brain: A Photographic Guide, published by Harper and Row.

Terence H. Williams

I am delighted to offer this exquisite collection so that this work can be savored by readers of many disciplines, including but not limited to clinicians, researchers and other students of the brain at all levels. Unfortunate though it is, I am doomed by such errors as I have introduced into the text, and take full responsibility for each and every one. I invite proposals for improving this work. Although I am opposed to flattery, a little of this will not break my heart. ----T.H.W.

Dedication
This work is dedicated to Azra and Glenys.

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