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Lecture Exam 4: Nervous System Flashcards

1
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What is the new name for Node of Ranvier?

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Myelin sheath gaps

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What do sensory (receptor or afferent) neurons do?

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Acts as receptors of stimuli
OR
Activated by receptors which they are connected to

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What are motor (efferent or effector) neurons?

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Send information processed in the CNS or PNS via a signal to the body’s effectors

This causes them to respond by contracting, and glands secreting

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What are interneuron’s or associative neurons?

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Neither sensory nor motor, they connect neurons with other neurons

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What are the 3 types of neurons- nerve cells?

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Multipolar
Bipolar
Unipolar

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What are the characteristics of a multipolar nerve cell?

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1 or more dendritic branches from all parts of the cell body

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What are the characteristics of a Bipolar nerve cell?

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2 processes from cell soma

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What are the characteristics of a Unipolar nerve cell?

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No dendrites arising directly from cells soma

1 primary process that gives rise to several branches

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What do the neuroglial cells (nerve glue) do?

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Support
Nourish
Insulate Neurons

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How many neuroglial cells are there in the nervous system?

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4

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How many neuroglial cells are there in the peripheral system?

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2

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12
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What makes up the central nervous system?

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Brain and spinal cord

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What makes up the peripheral nervous system?

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Cranial and spinal nerves

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What is an astrocyte?

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Wraps around capillaries, creates blood/brain barrier

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What are microglial cells?

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White blood cells of NCS, takes away bad things; phagocytes

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What are ependymal cells?

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Be within choroid plexus, help secrete spinal fluid

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17
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What is oligodendrocytes?

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Myelination

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18
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What are satellite cells?

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Wraps around cell body

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19
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What is schwann?

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A myelinated neuron

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20
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What does somatic imply?

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Voluntary

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21
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What is an example of somatic nervous system?

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Skeletal system

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22
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What does autonomic imply?

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Automatic

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23
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What is sympathetic?

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Fight or flight

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What is parasympathetic?

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Rest and digest

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25
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Tail musculature:

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Spinal cord extends to caudal end of vertebral column

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No tail musculature:

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Spinal cord extends to lumbar region of vertebral column (Cauda Equina)

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No tail =

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Spinal cord stops between L1 and L2
Lumbar vertebrae 1 & 2

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28
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What is the Filum terminale?

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Non neural structure that anchors the spinal cord

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29
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What is foramen magnum of skull?

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30
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What is grey matter in the spinal cord?

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Nerve cell bodies

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31
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What are the 2 different fiber tracts of the spinal cord?

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Ascending and Descending

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32
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What is white matter in the spinal cord?

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Nerve axons

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33
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What is ganglion?

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Group of cell bodies

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33
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What is the ascending (afferent) fiber tract responsible for?

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Sensory

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34
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What is the descending (efferent) fiber tract responsible for?

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Motor

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35
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What are the 2 roots from the spinal cord?

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Dorsal roots
Ventral roots

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36
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What are dorsal roots?

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Has ganglion (sensory)

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37
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What are ventral roots?

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No ganglion (moto)

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38
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Dorsal and ventral roots did not unite in what animals?

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Early vertebrates

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39
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What is the Prosencephalon responsible for? Where is it found?

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Smell

Found in forebrain

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40
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What is part of the diencephalon?

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Epithalamus
Thalamus
Hypothalamus

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What is part of the telencephalon?

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What are the divisions of prosencephalon?

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Telencephalon (cerebrum)
Diencephalon (epithalamus, thalamus, hypothalamus)

41
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What is the Mesencephalon responsible for? Where is it found?

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Vision

Midbrain

42
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What are the subdivisions of the mesencephalon?

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No further subdivisions

43
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What is the Rhombencephalon responsible for? Where is it found?

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Hearing

Hindbrain

44
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What are the subdivisions of Rhombencephalon?

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Metencephalon (pons, cerebellum)
Myelencephalon (medulla oblongata)

45
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What makes up the metencephalon?

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Pons
Cerebellum

46
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What makes up the myelencephalon?

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Medulla oblongata

47
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What parts are included in the forebrain-Diencephalon

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Hypothalamus
Thalamus
Optic chiasma
Pituitary Gland
Epithalamus

48
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What is the hypothalamus?

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Controls body temp
Sexual and emotional behavior
Water balance
Blood pressure

(Autonomic Nervous System)

49
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What is the thalamus?

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Relay center for sensory impulses from body

50
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What is the optic chiasma?

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Where two optic nerves cross

51
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What is the pituitary gland

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“The master gland”

52
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What is the epithalamus?

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Pineal Gland

53
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What is the Epithalamus/pineal gland responsible for in lower vertebrates?

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Skin pigmentation; acts on melanocytes; gives skin pigmentation in lower vertebrates

54
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What is the Epithalamus/pineal gland responsible for in higher vertebrates?

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Biological rhythm regulation
-Allows you to know when its time to sleep and get up
-releases melatonin

55
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What parts are included in the midbrain?

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Tectum (dorsal part)
Tegmentum (ventral part)
Myelencephalon
Metencephalon

56
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What makes up the tegmentum?

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Optic lobes
Auditory lobes

57
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What is cranial nerve I? Type? Function?

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Olfactory
Sensory
Smell

58
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What is cranial nerve II? Type? Function?

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Optic
Sensory
Vision

59
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What is cranial nerve III? Type? Function?

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Oculomotor
Motor
Most eye movements

60
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What is cranial nerve IV? Type? Function?

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Trochlear
Motor
Moves eyes

61
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What is cranial nerve V? Type? Function?

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Trigeminal
Both
Face sensation, mastication

62
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What is cranial nerve VI? Type? Function?

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Abducens
Motor
Abducts the eye

63
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What is cranial nerve VII? Type? Function?

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Facial
Both
Facial expression, taste

64
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What is cranial nerve VIII? Type? Function?

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Vestibulocochlear
Sensory
Hearing Balance

65
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What is cranial nerve IX? Type? Function?

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Glossopharyngeal
Both
Taste, gag reflex

66
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What is cranial nerve X? Type? Function?

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Vagus
Both
Gag reflux, parasympathetic innervation

67
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What is cranial nerve XI? Type? Function?

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Accessory
Motor
Shoulder shrug

68
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What is cranial nerve XII? Type? Function?

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Hypoglossal
Motor
Swallowing, speech

69
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What does the telencephalon turn into?

70
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What parts make up the diencephalon?

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Epithalamus
Hypothalamus
Thalamus

70
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What part is the mesencephalon from?

70
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From the basic plan of the brain, what structures are included in the forebrain?

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Basal ganglia
Cerebral cortex
Olfactory bulb
Thalamus
Hypothalamus

71
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From the basic plan of the brain, what structures are included in the midbrain?

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Tectum
Tegmentum

71
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From the basic plan of the brain, what structures are included in the Hindbrain?

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Cerebellum
Pons
Medulla

71
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How many hemispheres does the cerebrum have?

72
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What does the cerebrum deal with?

A

Higher thought

73
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What are the 2 regions of the telencephalon?

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Dorsal Pallium
Sub Pallium

74
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What is the dorsal pallium made of?

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Medial
Dorsal
Lateral divisions

75
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What does the medial pallium become?

A

Hippocampus

75
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What does the hippocampus deal with?

76
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What does the dorsal pallium become?

76
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Which animals have a very large neocortex?

77
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What does the lateral pallium become?

78
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What does the amygdala and hippocampus have to deal with?

79
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Where is basal ganglia found?

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Sub pallium

80
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What increases in size in higher vertebrates?

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Cerebrum; there is higher thought

81
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What gets smaller with higher vertebrates?

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