Pediatric baby's nervous system, brain, meninges, spinal cord, nerves, peripheral nervous system. Anatomical illustration depicting the central and peripheral nervous system in newborns in a profile view. We can see the pituitary gland transparently and behind the diencephalon, connected to the cerebral bridge by the midbrain. The midbrain with the cerebral bridge and the medulla oblongata still not below constitute the brainstem. The whole network of the nervous system is represented, from the brains, the spinal cord and the various nerves. The meninges and the skull protect the brain.