Arterial supply to the central nervous system; meninges and cerebrospinal fluid; venous drainage of the spinal cord and brain; applied anatomy of the vertebral canal; the neuron; nuclei of the cranial nerves; medial lemniscal system; special senses; spinocerebellar pathways and ascending reticular formation; somatic motor systems: general principles; pyramidal system; extrapyramidal feedback: extrapyramidal disease and upper motor neuron disorders; summary of somatic motor systems; cerebellum; autonomic components of the central nervous system; cerebral cortex and thalamus; comparative neuroanatomy; clinical neurological tests:diagnostic exercises; radiographic anatomy of the head and vertebral column in the diagnosis of disorders of the central nervous system; topographic anatomy of the central nervous system; index