Inderbir Singh's
Textbook of HUMAN NEUROANATOMY
Late Professor Inderbir Singh
(1930–2014)
Tribute to a Legend
Professor Inderbir Singh, a legendary anatomist, is renowned for being a pillar in the education of generations of medical graduates across the globe. He was one of the greatest teachers of his time. He was a passionate writer who poured his soul into his work. His eagle's eye for details and meticulous way of writing made his books immensely popular amongst students. He managed his lifetime to become enmeshed in millions of hearts. He was conferred the title of Professor Emeritus by Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak.
On 12th May, 2014, he was awarded posthumously with Emeritus Teacher Award by National Board of Examination for making invaluable contribution in teaching of Anatomy. This award is given to honour legends who have made tremendous contribution in the field of medical education. He was a visionary for his time, and the legacies he left behind are his various textbooks on Gross Anatomy, Histology, Neuroanatomy and Embryology. Although his mortal frame is not present amongst us, his genius will live on forever.
Inderbir Singh's
Textbook of HUMAN NEUROANATOMY
(Fundamental and Clinical)
Tenth Edition
Editors
PRITHA S BHUIYAN MBBS MS (Anatomy) PGDME
Professor and Head Department of Anatomy Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
LAKSHMI RAJGOPAL MS (General Surgery) DNB MNAMS (Anatomy)
Professor (Additional) Department of Anatomy Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
K SHYAMKISHORE MS (Anatomy)
Professor (Additional) Department of Anatomy Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Textbook of Human Neuroanatomy
First Edition | : 1997 | Seventh Edition | : 2006 |
Reprint | : 2008 | Eighth Edition | : 2009 |
Reprint | : 2010 | Revised & Updated Eighth Edition | : 2013 |
Ninth Edition | : 2014 | Tenth Edition | : 2018 |
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The method of teaching Anatomy especially Neuroanatomy has undergone a vast change over the past decade. Medical students are needed not only to know the facts about the nervous system, but should also know how to apply that knowledge to ‘localize’ the neurological lesion which means they should correctly identify the ‘site’ and ‘side’ of lesion. This is possible only with a thorough knowledge of Neuroanatomy. So in this book, we have strived to provide the readers with ample opportunities to exercise their grey cells and practise this ‘localization’.
We are thankful to all the comments, criticisms and feedback received for the ninth edition. These gave us a direction to revamp and modify the current edition to fulfill the requirements of undergraduate students.
The current edition has been refined to suit the needs of undergraduate students. This has been achieved by reducing the total number of chapters to 16 from the previous edition's 20. This edition will also help the undergraduate medical students to achieve the required competencies of understanding and describing the gross anatomy of central and peripheral nervous systems and correlating the anatomical basis of clinical manifestations.
The language has been very simplified so that all students can understand the subject better. New dissection photographs which are of high resolution have been added as eight plates at the beginning of the book. These are in black background and have been labelled to help students identify various parts of the brain not just during brain prosection studies, but even revise later outside of dissection hall or at home. More line diagrams, tables and new flowcharts have been added to facilitate easy understanding. Anatomical basis of a lot of neurological conditions have been highlighted in coloured boxes.
A new addition to this edition is that each chapter has a section on “Clinical Cases” which will stimulate the students to apply what they have learnt in the chapter and find a solution to the problem. This will enhance their clinical problem-solving skills and help them to hone their competencies as per the evolving ‘Competency-based curriculum’. Each chapter also has short and long answer questions collated from various university examinations and these will help the students to do self-assessment and to practise for their examinations.
We would whole heartedly like to thank Mr Jitendar P Vij (Group Chairman), Mr Ankit Vij (Group President) of Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India for his useful and innovative suggestion to include photographs of brain specimens in black background which, we are sure, will be welcome by the students. We would also like to thank the whole editorial team at Jaypee Brothers especially Mr Sabarish Menon (Commissioning editor), for the constant support and coordination, Mr Ankush Sharma (Designer), for refining the diagrams and Mr Deep Dogra (Operator), for type-setting and formatting.
We are grateful to the staff members of Department of Anatomy, Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital especially Dr Praveen Iyer for the support, Mr Prashant Jadhav and Mrs Jyoti Kerkar for the technical support given.
We are thankful to Dr Avinash Supe, Dean, Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital and Director (Medical Education & Major Hospitals) for his encouragement to our academic activities.
Last, but not the least, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to our family members for bearing with our preoccupation with the completion of the book.
We hope this edition will be used extensively not only by undergraduate medical and paramedical students but also by postgraduates and medical teachers.
Pritha S Bhuiyan, Lakshmi Rajgopal, K Shyamkishore
Preface to the Ninth Edition
Professor Inderbir Singh has been a doyen in the field of Anatomy, and he has been looked upon as a guide and mentor by many students and teachers. So, it is indeed a great honour for us to edit the ninth edition of ‘Inderbir Singh's Textbook of Human Neuroanatomy (Fundamental and Clinical). While editing, this book has provided us an opportunity to revisit neuroanatomy, we have enjoyed this relook thoroughly.
To highlight what the students should learn from each chapter, ‘Specific Learning Objectives’ have been added. A comprehensive rearrangement of chapters has been done to make it easy for the students to understand the subject. Important clinical conditions are given as ‘Clinical Correlation’ in Boxes. Validated ‘Multiple Choice Questions’ have been added at the end of each chapter for self-assessment. New diagrams and photographs of dissected and plastinated specimens have been incorporated to make it reader friendly. New tables and flowcharts have been inserted for making comprehension of neuroanatomy easy. The chapter on ‘Imaging Techniques of the Central Nervous System’ is updated completely keeping in mind the emerging trends in newer imaging techniques.
We are grateful to the Dean, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, for giving us the permission to edit this book. We are also thankful to Dr HD Deshmukh, Professor and Head, Department of Radiology, for providing us CT scans and MRI scans. Our special acknowledgement to Mr Prashant Jadhav for helping us with the photography. Our special thanks to all our students for making us take up this challenging task despite our academic and administrative responsibilities. We thank our family members for their continued support.
We hope that this edition will be useful to the students and teachers interested in neuroanatomy, and we welcome feedback from the readers to improve future editions.
Pritha S Bhuiyan, Lakshmi Rajgopal, K Shyamkishore
Plate 1: Superolateral surface of the brain (A-Ascending ramus, B-Anterior ramus, C-Stem, D-Posterior ramus)
Plate 4: Superior view of cerebrum A-Arachnoid granulations seen on the left side B-Arachnoid mater removed on the right side
Plate 6: Coronal sections of the brain passing through the lateral ventricle A-Anterior horn B-Central part and inferior horn C-Posterior horn