Learning anatomy is about as much fun as memorizing multiplication tables. So why is Carpenter's textbook so darn readable? It's like a crisply-written novel, with plot fleshed out in characters of nuclei, fiber tracts, gyri, and fossa. I should note this is the pared-down "essentials" version -- the unabridged edition of Carpenter is about twice as thick (and is now authored by Andre Parent as Carpenter has passed away). What's left out? Who cares! Whether you forgot all the stuff you memorized from Parent or I forgot all the stuff I memorized from Carpenter, we now both know the same amount of neuroanatomy. But I kid. Gross anatomy, cellular anatomy, blood supply, meninges, fiber tracts, cranial nerves, and, of course, all of your favorite encephalons (including tele, di, met, and meta). They're all here.
Nosce te ipsum, as the Oracle said (albeit in Greek not Latin).
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