Abstract
Certain neuroanatomical relationships can be complex for students to visualise and understand. This article describes creation of a simple and cheap model to help students more easily learn the relationships of the cranial nerves to each other and to the different regions of the central nervous system (forebrain and brainstem).
Highlights
One of the challenges for learning anatomy is understanding the spatial relationships and orientations between structures
The activity is aimed at students who have some prior knowledge of the cranial nerve (CN) and brainstem
The part of the activity, students select 12 coloured pipe cleaners, representing each CN; the colour indicates whether the CN is mixed, purely motor or special sensory
Summary
One of the challenges for learning anatomy is understanding the spatial relationships and orientations between structures. An activity involving creation of a “model” demonstrating cranial nerve (CN) and brainstem anatomy is described. Required resources include a toilet roll tube and a collection of pipe cleaners (the thinnest you can source) of 3 different colours.
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