Description: Cranial Nerve Nuclei 1.2 is an independent study courseware intended to help veterinary students learn neuroanatomy of cranial nerve nuclei in the dog brain.   Cartoons of cranial nerve cell columns, colour-coded by type (SE, VE, GSA, GVA, etc.), are shown in dorsal, transverse, and sagittal views of a canine brainstem. Cranial nerve nuclei are also labelled in transverse sections through a canine brain. This courseware has five sections: 1 Introduction to general features of afferent & efferent and somatic & visceral nuclei; 2 Illustrations of cranial nerves plus a synopsis of innervation & fiber-type per cranial nerve; 3 Neurological deficits resulting from damage per cranial nerve; 4 General afferent and efferent cell columns and the cranial nerve nuclei they form; 5 Special afferent pathways and nuclei (vision, hearing, kinesthesia, taste and olfaction).

Comments & References: Suitable for first year veterinary students studying neurobiology.   Cranial Nerve Nuclei 1.2 is a SuperCard stand-alone application (Mac platform).   Minimum hardware requirements: Macintosh computer with a colour display, optimised for 640 x 480 pixel resolution and thousands of colours.   Requires 10 MB RAM.   Disc size: 35 MB.   Please see http://vanat.cvm.umn.edu/vanatCrsware/NeuroAnat/CranNervNuc.html for more information and download option.

Computer type: Macintosh

Price: Free of charge

Version: 1.2, 1999