NERVOUS SYSTEM - Outline

Nervous system

Human nervous system

• Central nervous system
  • Meninges
  • Spinal cord
    • Gray columns
    • White substance
  • Brain
    • Brainstem
    • Cerebellum
    • Diencephalon
    • Telencephalon
      • Cerebral hemisphere
• Peripheral nervous system
  • Cranial nerves
    • Olfactory nerve
    • Optic nerve
    • Oculomotor nerve
    • Trochlear nerve
    • Trigeminal nerve
      • Sensory root
        • Trigeminal ganglion
      • Ophthalmic nerve
        • Lacrimal nerve
        • Frontal nerve
          • Supra-orbital nerve
          • Supratrochlear nerve
        • Nasociliary nerve
        • Posterior ethmoidal nerve
        • Anterior ethmoidal nerve
          • External nasal nerve
        • Infratrochlear nerve
      • Maxillary nerve
        • Nasopalatine nerve
        • Pharyngeal nerve
        • Greater palatine nerve
        • Lesser palatine nerves
        • Superior alveolar nerves
        • Zygomatic nerve
        • Infra-orbital nerve
      • Mandibular nerve
        • Masseteric nerve
        • Deep temporal nerves
        • Buccal nerve
        • Auriculotemporal nerve
        • Lingual nerve
          • Chorda tympani
          • Sublingual nerve
          • Inferior alveolar nerve
            • Nerve to mylohyoid
          • Mental nerve
    • Abducent nerve
    • Facial nerve
      • Posterior auricular nerve
      • Intermediate nerve
        • Greater petrosal nerve
        • Chorda tympani (also in trigeminal? redundancy?)
    • Vestibulocochlear nerve
      • Vestibular nerve
      • Cochlear nerve
    • Glossopharyngeal nerve
      • Tympanic nerve
        • Tympanic plexus
      • Lesser petrosal nerve
    • Vagus nerve
      • Superior laryngeal nerve
      • Recurrent laryngeal nerve
    • Accessory nerve
    • Hypoglossal nerve
  • Spinal nerves
    • Cervical nerves
      • Suboccipital nerve
      • Greater occipital nerve
      • Third occipital nerve
      • Cervical plexus
        • Ansa cervicalis
        • Lesser occipital nerve
        • Great auricular nerve
        • Transverse cervical nerve
        • Supraclavicular nerves
        • Phrenic nerve
      • Brachial plexus
        • Supraclavicular part
          • Dorsal scapular nerve
          • Long thoracic nerve
          • Subclavian nerve
          • Suprascapular nerve
          • Subscapular nerves
            • Lower subscapular nerve
            • Upper subscapular nerve
          • Thoracodorsal nerve
          • Medial pectoral nerve
          • Lateral pectoral nerve
        • Infraclavicular part
          • Musculocutaneous nerve
          • Medial cutaneous nerve of arm
          • Medial cutaneous nerve of forearm
          • Median nerve
          • Ulnar nerve
          • Radial nerve
          • Axillary nerve
    • Thoracic nerves
    • Lumbar nerves
      • Medial clunial nerves
    • Sacral nerves and coccygeal nerve
      • Lumbar plexus
        • Iliohypogastric nerve
        • Ilio-inguinal nerve
          • Anterior labial nerves
          • Anterior scrotal nerves
        • Genitofemoral nerve
        • Lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh
        • Obturator nerve
        • Accessory obturator nerve
        • Femoral nerve
          • Saphenous nerve
            • Medial cutaneous nerve of leg
        • Lumbosacral trunk
      • Sacral plexus
        • Nerve to obturator internus
        • Nerve to piriformis
        • Nerve to quadratus femoris
        • Superior gluteal nerve
        • Inferior gluteal nerve
        • Posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh
          • Inferior clunial nerves
        • Perforating cutaneous nerve
        • Pudendal nerve
          • Inferior anal nerves
          • Perineal nerves
            • Posterior labial nerves
            • Posterior scrotal nerves
            • Dorsal nerve of clitoris
            • Dorsal nerve of penis
        • Coccygeal nerve
          • Anococcygeal nerve
      • Sciatic nerve
        • Common fibular nerve
          • Lateral sural cutaneous nerve
          • Superficial fibular nerve
          • Deep fibular nerve
        • Tibial nerve
          • Interosseous nerve of leg
          • Medial sural cutaneous nerve
          • Sural nerve
          • Medial plantar nerve
          • Lateral plantar nerve
  • Autonomic division (Autonomic nervous system)
    • Sympathetic part
      • Sympathetic trunk
        • Rami communicantes
      • Superior cervical ganglion
      • Middle cervical ganglion
      • Cervicothoracic ganglion (Stellate - should prob. include inferior cerv. ganglion)
      • Thoracic ganglia
        • Greater splanchnic nerve
        • Lesser splanchnic nerve
        • Least splanchnic nerve
      • Lumbar ganglia
        • Lumbar splanchnic nerves
      • Sacral ganglia
        • Sacral splanchnic nerves
        • Ganglion impar
    • Parasympathetic part
      • Cranial part
        • Ciliary ganglion
          • Short ciliary nerves
        • Pterygopalatine ganglion
          • Nerve of pterygoid canal
        • Submandibular ganglion
        • Sublingual ganglion
        • Otic ganglion
      • Pelvic part
        • Pelvic ganglia
          • Parasympathetic root of pelvic ganglia = Pelvic splanchnic nerves
    • Peripheral autonomic plexuses and ganglia
      • Craniocervical part
        • Internal carotid plexus
      • Thoracic part
        • Cardiac plexus
        • Esophageal plexus
        • Pulmonary plexus
      • Abdominal part
        • Celiac plexus
        • Aorticorenal ganglia
        • Superior mesenteric plexus
        • Inferior mesenteric plexus
      • Pelvic part
        • Superior hypogastric plexus
        • Inferior hypogastric plexus