Part 1 Introduction to terminology and basic organization of the brain and spinal cord, including blood supply and the meninges. Part 2 Development of the human embryonic and foetal brain and spinal cord to show the establishment of the external form and internal organization. Part 3 The somatic senses (touch, pain, temperature, proprioception); the ascending tracts of the spinal cord and brain stem. Part 4 The sepcial senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell); the sense organs and their neural pathways. Part 5 Motor systems; the descending tracts, basal ganglia and cerebellum; the initiation and control of voluntary and involuntary movements. Part 6 Thalamus, hypothalamus and the limbic system; emotional and visceral responses and sensations.
