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Microradiograph of eye; central optic pathways and related structures

Relations of optic pathways at base of brain.

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Microradiograph of eye; central optic pathways and related structures
Relations of optic pathways at base of brain.
In this specimen, selected from a series of brain dissections included in Section I of the Atlas, the brain is photographed from its inferior aspect. The anterior part of the right temporal lobe has been removed so that the middle cerebral artery (6), the anterior choroidal artery (18), the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle (10), and the optic tract (19) life exposed.
  1. Meninges related to temporal pole
  2. Orbitofrontal branch of middle cerebral artery
  3. Anterior temporal artery
  4. Insula
  5. Frontal part of operculum
  6. Medial cerebral artery
  7. Striate artery
  8. Artery of precentral sulcus
  9. Inferior occipitofrontal fasciculus (cut obliquely)
  10. Inferior horn of lateral ventricle
  11. Tapetum
  12. Medial temporal gyrus
  13. Inferior temporal gyrus
  14. Inferior temporal sulcus
  15. Fusiform gyrus
  16. Orbital branch of anterior cerebral artery
  17. Olfactory tract
  18. Anterior choroid artery
  19. Optic tract
  20. Mamillary body
  21. Cerebral peduncle
  22. Hippocampus (cut across)
  23. Pons
  24. Trigeminal nerve (V)
  25. Collateral fissure
  26. Basilar artery
  27. Olive
  28. [Legend above restored translation from Latin]