Brain Organization

[edit] Primate Nervous System Hierarchy

• Central Nervous System
  • Telencephalon
    • Basal Forebrain
    • Basal Ganglia
    • Cerebral Cortex
    • Amygdala
    • Hippocampal Formation
    • Septum
    • Claustrum
  • Diencephalon
    • Dorsal Thalamus
    • Ventral Thalamus
    • Hypothalamus
    • Epithalamus
    • Subthalamic Nucleus
  • Brain Stem
    • Mesencephalon
      • Tectum
      • Cerebral Peduncle
    • Metencephalon
      • Pons
      • Cerebellum
    • Myelencephalon
  • Spinal Cord
    • Dorsal Horn
    • Ventral Horn
• Peripheral Nervous System
  • Somatic Nervous System
  • Autonomic Nervous System