Espiral Atlas
OrganHead and neck

Brain (encephalon)

encephalon

In the neurocranium: the hemispheres occupy the whole cavity above the tentorium (frontal lobes in the anterior cranial fossa, temporal in the lateral parts of the middle, occipital over the tentorium); the brainstem and cerebellum, in the posterior fossa.

Head and neck – 3D human anatomy atlas

In the full entry

The full entry, with every field, sources, quiz and clinical correlations, is in the atlas.

  • Structure
  • Neighborhood
  • Blood supply
  • Clinical

Related clinical cases

  • Hydrocephalus
  • Ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke and cerebral infarction

Other structures in this region

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