neuroanatomy

noun

neu·​ro·​anat·​o·​my ˌnu̇r-ō-ə-ˈna-tə-mē 

ˌnyu̇r-

: the anatomy of nervous tissue and the nervous system

neuroanatomical

ˌnu̇r-ō-ˌa-nə-ˈtä-mi-kəl 

ˌnyu̇r-

adjective

or less commonly neuroanatomic

ˌnu̇r-ō-ˌa-nə-ˈtä-mik 

ˌnyu̇r-

neuroanatomist

ˌnu̇r-ō-ə-ˈna-tə-mist 

ˌnyu̇r-

noun

Examples of neuroanatomy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To him, the vision seemed right — not in the specific locations activated by various themes but in the sense that our neuroanatomy did seem to parse the world by subject, tangles and folds of neurons lighting up in response to clouds of ideas. —Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026

To find out what’s going on in the brain during facial expressions, researchers turned to rhesus macaques, Old World monkeys with face musculature and neuroanatomy that are similar to that of humans. —Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 8 Jan. 2026

Functional differences in their neuroanatomy may be the cause. —Sabrina Sholts, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024

There are multiple different kinds of memory, and each of those memory systems relies on a different neuroanatomy or different neural networks. —Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 9 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1961, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for neuroanatomy

• anatomy

Medical Definition

neuroanatomy

noun

neu·​ro·​anat·​o·​my -ə-ˈnat-ə-mē 

plural neuroanatomies

: the anatomy of nervous tissue and the nervous system

neuroanatomical

-ˌan-ə-ˈtäm-i-kəl 

adjective

also neuroanatomic

-ik 

neuroanatomically

-i-k(ə-)lē 

adverb