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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

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contains genetic material of the cell

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NISSL BODIES

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MAKES AXONAL PARTS

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NEUROFIBRILS

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SUPPORT

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AXON HILLOCK

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GENERATE THE ACTION POTENTIAL THAT RUNS ALONG THE AXONS

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AXONS

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NERVE IMPULSE GENERATORS

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PERIPHERAL NERVE WITH SHEATHS

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propagates nerve impulses

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ENDONEURAL SHEATH OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE

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PROTECTION

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SCHWANN CELL

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MYELINATES AXON OF NEURON

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NEURILEMMA

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PROTECTION

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MYELIN SHEATH

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INSULATES NERVE FIBERS

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NODE OF RANVIER

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SITE OF DEPOLARIZATION

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OLFACTORY NERVE

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carries afferent impulses associated with smell

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OPTIC NERVE

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carries afferent impulses associated with vision

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OCULOMOTOR NERVE

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CONTROLS THE MOVEMENT OF EYEBALLS AND EYELIDS

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TROCHLEAR NERVE

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controls the superior oblique muscle of the eye.

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TRIGEMINAL NERVE

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CONDUCT SENSORY IMPULSES FROM THE SKIN OF THE FACE

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ABDUCENS NERVE

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Abducts the eyeball

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FACIAL NERVE

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conduct impulses associated with facial expressions

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ACOUSTIC NERVE/ VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR

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sense of equilibrium

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GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE

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receives somatic fibers from the pharynx

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VASGUS NERVE

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transmits sensory impulses from visceral

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ACCESSORY NERVE

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PROVIDES SOMATIC MOTOR FIBERS TO STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID

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HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE

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CARRIES SOMATIC MOTOR FIBERS TO MUSCLE OF TONGUE

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HORIZONTAL FISSURE OF CEREBELLUM

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separates cerebellum lobes

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VERMIS

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stalks that connect hemispheres of cerebellum

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INFERIOR HORN OF LATERAL VENTRICLE

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contains cerebrospinal fluid

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LATERAL HORN OF LATERAL VENTRICLE

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contains cerebrospinal fluid

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ARBOR VITAE

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PROPAGATES IMPULSES FROM EQUILIBRIUM

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WHITE MATTER OF CEREBELUM

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PROPAGTAES IMPULSES FROM EQUILIBRIUM

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STRAIGHT SINUS

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INVOLVED IN CSF FLOW

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MIDBRAIN

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CONTAINS IMPORTANT AUTONOMIC CENTERS

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PONS

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FIBER TRACT THAT CONNECTS BRAIN WITH LOWER CNS CENTERS

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MEDULLA OBLONGATA

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CONTROLS RESPIRATORY RHYTHM/SWALLOWING

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CEREBELLUM

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REGULATES MOTOR MOVEMENTS SUCH AS BALANCE

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ARACHNOID MATER

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PROTECTION

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DURA MATER

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PROTECTION

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ALL THE GANGLIAS

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sympathetic innervation

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CAUDA EQUINA

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provides innervation to much of the lower abdomen and lower limbs

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CERVICAL NERVES (C1-C8)

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ventral rami of C1-C5 to cervical plexus

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THORACIC NERVES (T1-T12)

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ventral rami of T1 to brachial plexus

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LUMBAR NERVES (L1-L5)

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ventral rami of L1-L4 to lumbar plexus

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SACRAL NERVES (S1-S5)

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ventral rami of S1-S4 to sacral plexus

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DURA MATER OF SPINAL CORD

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PROTECTION

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ARACHNOID MATTER OF SPINAL CORD

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PROTECTION

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PIA MATER

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PROTECTION

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ANTERIOR MEDIAN FISSURE

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divides the spinal cord into two anterior sections

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ANTERIOR LATERAL SULCUS

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AREA WHERE SPINAL NERVES LEAVES THE SPINAL CORD

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POSTERIOR LATERAL SULCUS

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AREA WHERE SPINAL NERVES ENTERS THE SPINAL CORD

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POSTERIOR MEDIAN SULCUS

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DIVIDES THE SPINAL CORD INTO TWO POSTERIOR PARTS

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ANTERIOR FUNICULUS

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TRANSMIT NERVE IMPULSES

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LATERAL FUNICULUS

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TRANSMIT NERVE IMPULSES

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POSTERIOR FUNICULUS

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TRANSMIT NERVE IMPULSES

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WHITE MATTER

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MYELINATED AXONS

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GRAY MATTER

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MOTOR AND INTERNEURONS CELL BODIES

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GRAY COMMISSURE

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LINKS BOTH OF THE GRAY MATTERS

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ANTERIOR HORN

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CELL BODIES INVOLVED IN REFELEXES

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POSTERIOR HORN

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CELL BODIES INVOLVED IN REFLEXES

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CENTRAL CANAL

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FILLED WITH CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

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VENTRAL ROOT

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BRINGS MOTOR MESSAGES TO THE FROM THE SPINAL CORD

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DORSAL ROOT

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SENDS MOTOR MESSAGES TO THE SPINAL CORD

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DORSAL ROOT GANGLION

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SENSORY CELL BODIES

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VENTRAL RAMUS OF SPINAL CORD

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INNERVATES ANTERIOR BODY STRUCTURES

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DORSAL RAMUS OF SPINAL CORD

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INNERVATE THE BACK AND SKIN OF THE BACK

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SYMPATHETIC TRUNK

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INNERVATE THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL BODY ORGANS

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