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FRONTAL LOBE

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COMPLEX REASONING

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CENTRAL SULCUS

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divides the frontal and parietal lobe

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PRECENTRAL GYRUS

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voluntary skeletal control

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PARIETAL LOBE

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CONTAINS PART OF GENERAL INTERPRETATION AREA

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OCCIPITAL LOBE

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SENSE OF VISION

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POSTCENTRAL GYRUS

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AREA WHERE SENSORY RECEPTORS SENDS IMPULSES

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CORPUS CALLOSUM

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FIBER TRACT THAT CONNECTS CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES

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CHOROID PLEXUS

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MAKES CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

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PINEAL GLAND

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PRODUCES HORMONES

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FORNIX

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CONCERNED WITH LIMBIC FUNCTIONS

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CEREBRUM

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LANGUAGE, ABSTRACT PROCESSES

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SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM

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SEPARATE LATERAL VENTRICLES

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THALAMUS

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RELAY STATION FOR SENSORY IMPULSES TO AREAS FOR LOCALIZATION AND INTERPRETATION

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HYPOTHALAMUS

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BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION

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PITUITARY GLANDS

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PRODUCES HORMONES

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CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT

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TAKES CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FROM 3RD VENTRICLE TO 4TH VENTRICLE

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INTERMEDIATE MASS OF THALAMUS

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CONNECTS 2 THALAMIC LOBES

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SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR COLLICULI OF THE CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA

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CONTAINS VISUAL REFLEX CENTER

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MAMMILARY BODY

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RELAY STATION FOR OLEFACTION

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INTERVENTICULAR FORAMEN

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TAKES CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FROM LATERAL VENTRICLES TO THIRD VENTRICLES

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FOURTH VENTRICLE

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TAKES CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FROM CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT TO THE CENTRAL CANAL

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AXON TERMINALS

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contains neurotransmitters

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DENDRITES

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receptive regions of a neuron

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CELL BODY

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GENERATES ACTION POTENTIALS

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NUCLEUS
contains genetic material of the cell
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NISSL BODIES
MAKES AXONAL PARTS
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NEUROFIBRILS
SUPPORT
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AXON HILLOCK
GENERATE THE ACTION POTENTIAL THAT RUNS ALONG THE AXONS
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AXONS
NERVE IMPULSE GENERATORS
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PERIPHERAL NERVE WITH SHEATHS
propagates nerve impulses
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ENDONEURAL SHEATH OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE
PROTECTION
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SCHWANN CELL
MYELINATES AXON OF NEURON
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NEURILEMMA
PROTECTION
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MYELIN SHEATH
INSULATES NERVE FIBERS
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NODE OF RANVIER
SITE OF DEPOLARIZATION
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OLFACTORY NERVE
carries afferent impulses associated with smell
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OPTIC NERVE
carries afferent impulses associated with vision
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OCULOMOTOR NERVE
CONTROLS THE MOVEMENT OF EYEBALLS AND EYELIDS
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TROCHLEAR NERVE
controls the superior oblique muscle of the eye.
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TRIGEMINAL NERVE
CONDUCT SENSORY IMPULSES FROM THE SKIN OF THE FACE
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ABDUCENS NERVE
Abducts the eyeball
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FACIAL NERVE
conduct impulses associated with facial expressions
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ACOUSTIC NERVE/ VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR
sense of equilibrium
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GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE
receives somatic fibers from the pharynx
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VASGUS NERVE
transmits sensory impulses from visceral
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ACCESSORY NERVE
PROVIDES SOMATIC MOTOR FIBERS TO STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID
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HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE
CARRIES SOMATIC MOTOR FIBERS TO MUSCLE OF TONGUE
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HORIZONTAL FISSURE OF CEREBELLUM
separates cerebellum lobes
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VERMIS
stalks that connect hemispheres of cerebellum
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INFERIOR HORN OF LATERAL VENTRICLE
contains cerebrospinal fluid
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LATERAL HORN OF LATERAL VENTRICLE
contains cerebrospinal fluid
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ARBOR VITAE
PROPAGATES IMPULSES FROM EQUILIBRIUM
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WHITE MATTER OF CEREBELUM
PROPAGTAES IMPULSES FROM EQUILIBRIUM
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STRAIGHT SINUS
INVOLVED IN CSF FLOW
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MIDBRAIN
CONTAINS IMPORTANT AUTONOMIC CENTERS
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PONS
FIBER TRACT THAT CONNECTS BRAIN WITH LOWER CNS CENTERS
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MEDULLA OBLONGATA
CONTROLS RESPIRATORY RHYTHM/SWALLOWING
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CEREBELLUM
REGULATES MOTOR MOVEMENTS SUCH AS BALANCE
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ARACHNOID MATER
PROTECTION
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DURA MATER
PROTECTION
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ALL THE GANGLIAS
sympathetic innervation
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CAUDA EQUINA
provides innervation to much of the lower abdomen and lower limbs
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CERVICAL NERVES (C1-C8)
ventral rami of C1-C5 to cervical plexus
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THORACIC NERVES (T1-T12)
ventral rami of T1 to brachial plexus
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LUMBAR NERVES (L1-L5)
ventral rami of L1-L4 to lumbar plexus
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SACRAL NERVES (S1-S5)
ventral rami of S1-S4 to sacral plexus
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DURA MATER OF SPINAL CORD
PROTECTION
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ARACHNOID MATTER OF SPINAL CORD
PROTECTION
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PIA MATER
PROTECTION
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ANTERIOR MEDIAN FISSURE
divides the spinal cord into two anterior sections
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ANTERIOR LATERAL SULCUS
AREA WHERE SPINAL NERVES LEAVES THE SPINAL CORD
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POSTERIOR LATERAL SULCUS
AREA WHERE SPINAL NERVES ENTERS THE SPINAL CORD
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POSTERIOR MEDIAN SULCUS
DIVIDES THE SPINAL CORD INTO TWO POSTERIOR PARTS
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ANTERIOR FUNICULUS
TRANSMIT NERVE IMPULSES
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LATERAL FUNICULUS
TRANSMIT NERVE IMPULSES
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POSTERIOR FUNICULUS
TRANSMIT NERVE IMPULSES
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WHITE MATTER
MYELINATED AXONS
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GRAY MATTER
MOTOR AND INTERNEURONS CELL BODIES
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GRAY COMMISSURE
LINKS BOTH OF THE GRAY MATTERS
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ANTERIOR HORN
CELL BODIES INVOLVED IN REFELEXES
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POSTERIOR HORN
CELL BODIES INVOLVED IN REFLEXES
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CENTRAL CANAL
FILLED WITH CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
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VENTRAL ROOT
BRINGS MOTOR MESSAGES TO THE FROM THE SPINAL CORD
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DORSAL ROOT
SENDS MOTOR MESSAGES TO THE SPINAL CORD
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DORSAL ROOT GANGLION
SENSORY CELL BODIES
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VENTRAL RAMUS OF SPINAL CORD
INNERVATES ANTERIOR BODY STRUCTURES
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DORSAL RAMUS OF SPINAL CORD
INNERVATE THE BACK AND SKIN OF THE BACK
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SYMPATHETIC TRUNK
INNERVATE THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL BODY ORGANS

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