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Title

Sectional Anatomy: Brain (1.5 credit hours)

Abstract

This module reviews basic anatomic principles and related anatomic structures as they appear in axial (transversely-sectioned) CT images of the brain. The module proceeds from the vertex of the skull inferiorly through the base of the skull. Additional lateral and MRI images are used to assist in visualizing brain anatomy in the axial plane. Approved for Category A credits. Course expiration June 1, 2011.

This activity may be available in multiple formats or from different sponsors. The ARRT does not allow CE activities such as internet courses, home study programs or directed readings to be repeated for CE credit in the same or any subsequent biennium.

Author

Terri Bruckner, MA, RT(R)(CV)

Terri Bruckner, MA, RT (R), (CV) received her B.S. in Allied Health Professions and her M.A. in Educational Policy and Leadership from The Ohio State University. She has held staff radiographer positions at The Ohio State University Hospital and at Columbus Children’s Hospital. She also worked in the cardiovascular and interventional lab at University Hospital. Terri is currently one of the didactic instructors and the Clinical Coordinator for the Radiologic Technology Program and The Ohio State University.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this module, the learner will be able to:

Define and/or describe the following image planes: sagittal, coronal, axial, oblique.
Describe the patient orientation in a normal axial cranial CT image.
Describe the appearance of air, bone, cerebrospinal fluid, and neural tissue on a normal axial CT image.
Name and describe the three meningeal layers found within the cranium.
Identify cranial and facial bones, and their component parts on normal axial CT scans.
Identify structures of the central nervous system on normal axial CT scans.
Identify arterial and venous structures on normal axial CT scans.

Resources

Bibliography
Applegate E: The sectional anatomy learning system, Philadelphia, 1991, WB Saunders.

Bo WJ et al. Basic atlas of cross sectional anatomy, ed 2, Philadelphia, 1990, WB Saunders.

Cahill DR. Atlas of human cross sectional anatomy, Philadelphia, 1984, Lea & Febiger.

Carter BL et al. Cross sectional anatomy: computed tomography and ultrasound correlation, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1977, Appleton-Century-Crofts.

Christoforidis A. Atlas of axial, sagittal, and coronal anatomy, Philadelphia, 1988, WB Saunders.

El-Khoury GY, Bergman RA, Montgomery WJ. Sectional anatomy by MRI/CT, New York, 1990, Churchill Livingstone.

Ellis H et al. Human cross sectional anatomy: atlas of body sections and CT images, Oxford, 1991, Butterworth-Heinemann.

Hagen-Ansert S. The anatomy workbook, Philadelphia, 1986, Lippincott.

Keiffer S, Heitzman E. An atlas of cross sectional anatomy, Heagerstown, Md, 1979, Harper &Row.

Kelley LL, Peterson CM. Sectional anatomy for imaging professionals, St Louis, 1996, Mosby.

Koritke J, Sick H. Atlas of sectional human anatomy, Germany, 1988, Urban & Schwarzenberg.

Ledley RS, Hungs HK, Mazziotta JC. Cross sectional anatomy: an atlas for computerized tomography, Baltimore, 1977, Williams &Wilkins.

Novelline R, Squire L. Living anatomy: a working atlas using computed tomography, magnetic resonance and angiography images, St Louis, 1986, Mosby.

Spitzer VM, Whitlock AG. Atlas of the visible human male, Sudsbury, Mass, 1998, Jones and Bartlett.

Webliography
Sectional anatomy websites:

http://www.NetAnatomy.com

http://www.medlean.luc.edu

http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/anatomy/HumanAnatomy/CrossSectionAtlas.html

http://medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/HISTHTML/ANATOMY/ANATOMY.html

National Institute of Health. The Visible Human Project. Available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html

Related anatomy atlases and anatomy resources:
Grays’s Atlas of the Human Body. Available at http://www.bartleby.com

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