False-colour Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) of amid-sagittal section through the head of a normal42 year-old woman, showing structures of thebrain, spine & facial tissues. Profiled featuresof the main part of the brain include theconvoluted surface of the cerebral cortex (red &gold) & the corpus callosum, the curved purplefeature at the centre of the brain which is theband of nervous tissue that connects the twocerebral hemispheres. Beneath the corpus callosumare the pons & medulla, structures of thebrainstem, which are continuous with the spinalcord. The cerebellum, the centre of balance &coordination, lies to the right of the brainstem.
