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White Matter

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Cell axons

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Grey Matter

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Cell bodies

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Dorsal Root

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Afferent pathway, incoming sensory info

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Ventral Root

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Efferent pathway, motor signals

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Dorsal Root Ganglion

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Synapse before entering spinal cord

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Cerebellum

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Balance

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Cerebral Aqueduct

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Draining of CSF out of brain

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Cerebrum

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Complex thought

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Choroid Plexus

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Makes CSF

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Corpus Callosum

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Connects hemispheres of brain

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Diencephalon

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Thalamus, hypothalamus, epithalamus, pituitary, pineal gland

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Dura Mater

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Outer layer of brain

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Forebrain

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Cerebrum, thalamus, hypothalamus, pituitary, pineal

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Frontal Lobe

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Complex thought

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Gyri

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Bulges in brain

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Hindbrain

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Autonomic functions, balance, movement coordination

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Hypothalamus

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Signaling center to pituitary

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Inferior colliculus

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Auditory center

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Medulla oblongata

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Autonomic functions

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Midbrain

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Superior and inferior colliculus and associated nerves

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Occipital Lobe

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Sight information

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Olfactory Bulb

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Smell information

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Optic Chiasm

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Intersection of optic nerves

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Optic Nerve

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Info from eye to brain

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Parietal Lobe
Integrate sensory info
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Pineal Gland
Nervous signals to endocrine. Melatonin
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Pituitary gland
Endocrine signaling based on info from hypothalamus
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Pons
Relay btwn cerebrum and cerebellum, arousal, autonomic functions
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Sulci
Folds in brain, "valleys"
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Superior colliculus
Sensory and motor functions
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Temporal lobe
Auditory information
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Thalamus
Relay and integrate sensory info

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