Neuroanatomy: Draw It to Know It

* Provides the reader a simple step-by-step method, the "progressogram", to learn important neuoanatomical figures in easily remebered ways.
* Composed of 39 chapters that each includes drawings and halftones to assist the neuroanatomy student.
* Ample drawing space for the studenmt to practice.

"If you can't draw it, you don't know it:" that was the rule of the late neuroanatomist William DeMyer, MD. Yet books do not encourage us to draw and redraw neuroanatomy. Neuroanatomy: Draw It to Know It teaches neuroanatomy through step-by-step instruction of how to draw neuroanatomical pathways and structures. Its instructive language is highly engaging. Users draw neuroanatomical structures and pathways in several steps so they are remembered and use mental and physical mnemonics to demonstrate difficult anatomical rotations and directional pathways.

Anatomical pictures and radiographic images accompany the diagrams to clarify spatially challenging features; relevant synonyms are listed to avoid inter-text confusion; inconsistencies in the neuroanatomy literature are highlighted to mitigate frustration; and historical and current accounts of neuroanatomical systems are presented for perspective.

Many neuroanatomy textbooks are great references, but fail to provide a working knowledge of neuroanatomy, and many neuroanatomy handbooks provide bedside pearls, but are too concise to be fully satisfactory. This instructional workbook teaches a comprehensive, but practical approach to neuroanatomy; it includes references where necessary but steers users toward key clinical features. Most importantly, Neuroanatomy: Draw It to Know It instructs the reader to draw and redraw the anatomy and teaches an active approach to learning.



1: Organization of the Nervous System
2: Orientational Terminology
3: Meninges and Ventricular System
4: Nerve Roots and Rami
5: Brachial Plexus
6: Median Nerve
7: Ulnar Nerve
8: Radial Nerve
9: Lumbasocral Plexus
10: Sciatic Nerve
11: Femoral Nerve
12: Cervical Plexus
13: Sensory Maps of the Body
14: Peripheral Autonomic Nervous System
15: Spinal Cord Structure
16: Spinal Cord
17: Reflex Loops and Muscle Tone
18: Brainstem
19: Cranial and Spinal Nerve Overview
20: Somatomotor Cranial Nerves
21: Pharyngeal Arch Cranial Nerves
22: Vestibular System
23: Skull Base
24: Cerebellum
25: Cerebrum
26: White Matter Pathways
27: Basal Ganglia
28: Aterial Supply to the Central Nervous System
29: Thalamus
30: Hypothalamus
31: Limbic System
32: Olfactory System
33: Visual Pathways
34: Eye Movements
35: Central Auditory Pathways
36: Language
37: Memory
38: Apraxia
39: Sleep Neurocircuitry
References
Index