Dr. Susanne Schmid
Anatomy & Cell Biology susanne.schmid@schulich.uwo.ca MSB470
The Human Brain
Pia mater (opaque)
The Meninges
Connective Tissue
• Dura mater
• Arachnoid
• Pia mater
Dura mater
Blood vessels in the arachnid
The Meninges
*Meningitis
The Blood Brain Barrier
• O2, CO2 and certain lipophilic substances can pass • Other substances have to be actively transported
*Multiple Sclerosis
The Meninges
Causes blood brain barrier *Meningitis
The Meninges
Nervous tissue white matter
Spinal cord
Pia mater
Dura mater was lost in this picture.
Both ae H&E stains
The Human Brain
The Neural Tube
Formation of Neural tube surface Organization of the Brain
Head end of the tube
gyrus
Cerebrum & Cerebellum sulcus Sulci & Gyri
Folia
White and Gray Matter
White matter
cerebrum
Grey matter: neuron soma, axons, dendrites,
Synapses, glia, (neuropil), blood vessels
White matter: axon, myelin, glia, blood vessels
Grey matter
interneuron
Organization of the Cortex
Neural cell bodies H&E stain section
I molecular layer
II external granular layer
III external pyramidal cell layer
IV inner granular layer
V inner pyramidal cell layer
VI multiform
(polymorphic) cell layer
Stained fibers (myelinated white matter)…stains dark
Huge apical dendrite going all the way up to the molecular layer
Huge dendrites of layer V cells going up to layer I
Axon of the pyramidal cell
You an tell this is layer V because of the large cell bodies.
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