List of regions in the human brain
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Human brain image constructed from MRI data
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1.1 Brainstem (rhombencephalon),(mesencephalon) |
Brain (neural tube)
Brainstem (rhombencephalon),(mesencephalon)
Rhombencephalon (hindbrain)
Metencephalon
Myelencephalon
Mesencephalon (midbrain)
- tectum
- cerebral peduncle
- pretectum
- mesencephalic duct (cerebral aqueduct, Aqueduct of Sylvius)
Prosencephalon (forebrain)
Diencephalon
- epithalamus
- third ventricle
- thalamus
- hypothalamus (limbic system) (HPA axis)
- subthalamus(HPA axis)
- pituitary gland (HPA axis)
Telencephalon (cerebrum)
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red:frontal lobe |
- cerebral hemispheres
- amygdala (limbic system) (limbic lobe) (paleopallium)
- hippocampus (limbic system) (limbic lobe) (archipallium)
- basal ganglia
- rhinencephalon (paleopallium)
- lateral ventricles
- cerebral cortex (neopallium)
Neural pathways
- Major dopamine pathways
Cerebrospinal systems
Neuronal systems
Cognitive systems
Volitive systems
Nerves
Neurocrine systems
Vascular systems
- venous systems
- circle of Willis (arterial system)
- blood-brain barrier
- blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier
Dural meningeal system
- brain-cerebrospinal fluid barrier
- meningeal coverings
- epidural space
- subdural space
- arachnoid septum
- ventricular system
Organization
Anatomical regions are listed vertically beneath Brain according to typical hierarchies. Functional, connective and developmental regions are listed horizontally in (italicized subscript).
Functional and connective regions defined as systems are categorized at cerebrospinal systems.