ANATOMY OF THE

SKULL & BRAIN

Departement of Radiology
Neuroimaging Division
RSUP Hasan Sadikin, Bandung
 Dura mater
Outer layer lining the skull
Arachnoid mater
Space beneath is the subarachnoid space
(cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) & blood vessels)
Pia mater
Covers the brain
 Cerebrum
The largest division of the brain.
It is divided into two hemispheres, each of which is divided into four lobes.

Cerebrum
Cerebrum

Cerebellum
Lobes of the Brain (4)
 Central
Sulcus
Longitudinal
Fissure

Sylvian/Lateral
Fissure

Transverse
Fissure
 Gyri (ridge)

Sulci
(groove)

Fissure
(deep groove)

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 Cerebral
Cortex

Cerebral Cortex
Ganglia
Basalis
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Section at the level of

Foramen Magnum

2
1. Cisterna Magna
1
2. Cervical Cord
3. Nasopharynx
4 4. Mandible
5. Maxillary Sinus
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13
12

11 Post Contrast sagittal T1

Wtd M.R.I.
17 Section at the level of Pons
10
16 8. Cerebellar hemisphere
15 9 9. Vermis
10. IV ventricle
8 11. Pons
12. Basilar artery
13. Internal cerotid artery
14. Cavernous sinus
15. Middle cerebellar peduncle
16. Internal auditory canal
17. Temporal lobe
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22 19
Post Contrast sagittal T1
18 Wtd M.R.I.
21 Section at the level of Mid
Brain

18.Aqueduct of Sylvius
19.Midbrain
20.Orbits
21.Posterior Cerebral Artery
22.Middle Cerebral Artery
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25

24

Post Contrast sagittal T1 Wtd M.R.I.

Section at the level of the III
Ventricle

23 23. Occipital Lobe

26
24. III Ventricle
25. Frontal Lobe
26. Temporal Lobe
27. Sylvian Fissure
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37
32
36

35 31

30 Post Contrast sagittal T1 Wtd M.R.I.

Section at the level of Thalamus

28.Superior Sagittal Sinus

29 29.Occipital Lobe
30.Choroid Plexus within the
34 occipital horn
31.Internal Cerebral Vein
33 32.Frontal Horn
33.Thalamus
28 34.Temporal Lobe
35.Internal Capsule
36.Putamen
37.Caudate Nucleus
38.Frontal Lobe
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40

Post Contrast sagittal T1 Wtd M.R.I.

39 Section at the level of Corpus Callosum

39.Splenium of corpus
callosum
40.Choroid plexus
within the body of
lateral ventricle
41.Genu of corpus
callosum
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43

Post Contrast sagittal T1 Wtd M.R.I.

Section at the level of Body of Corpus
Callosum

42

42.Parietal Lobe
43.Body of the Corpus
Callosum
44.Frontal Lobe
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Post Contrast sagittal T1 Wtd M.R.I.

Section above the Corpus Callosum

45

45. Parietal Lobe

46. Frontal Lobe
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2 6
1. Scalp fat
1 7 2. Bone
8 3. Inferior sagittal sinus
4. Corpus callosum
9 5. Internal cerebral vein
2 6. Vein of Galen
4 10 7. Superior sagittal sinus
8. Parietal lobe
9. Occipital lobe
18 10.Straight sinus
19
11.Vermis
20 1 12.IV ventricle
13.Cerebellar tonsil
21 7
14.Cervical cord
2 1 11 15.Medulla
2 6 16.Pons
1 12 17.Midbrain
2 18.Mass intermedia of
5
thalamus
3 13 19.Anterior III ventricle
20.Optic chiasm
21.Pituitary gland
14
22.Sphenoid sinus
23.Nasopharynx
24.Frontal lobe
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3 5
2
4
1 1. Cerebellar tonsil
2. Cerebellar hemisphere
3. IV ventricle
4. Superior vermis
5. Tentorium
6. Posterior temporal lobe
7. Choroid plexus within
Coronal Section of the Brain at the level of IV Ventricle lateral ventricle
8. Posterior frontal lobe
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2
3
4

5
6
8 7 1. Frontal lobe
2. Corpus callosum
11 9 3. Frontal horn
10 4. Caudate nucleus
5. III ventricle
6. Optic nerve
12 7. Pituitary stalk
8. Pituitary gland
9. Internal carotid artery
10.Cavernous sinus
11.Sphenoid sinus
12.Nasopharynx
Coronal Section of the Brain at the level of
Pituitary gland
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4
1. Frontal lobe
5
2. Orbital Fat

3. Globe

4. Nasal Cavity

5. Maxillary Sinus