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Burr

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Drill used to create an entry into the cranium

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Drill used to create an entry into the cranium

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Burr

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Central Nervous System

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Brain and spinal cord

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Brain and spinal cord

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Central Nervous System

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5
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Craniectomy

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Permanent, partial removal of skull

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Permanent, partial removal of skull

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Craniectomy

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Craniotomy

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Opening of the skull

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Opening of the skull

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Craniotomy

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Cranium

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That part of the skeleton that encloses the brain

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That part of the skeleton that encloses the brain

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Cranium

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Discectomy

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Removal of a vertebral disc

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12
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Removal of a vertebral disc

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Discectomy

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Electroencephalography

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Recording of the electric currents of the brain by means of electrodes attached to the scalp

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Recording of the electric currents of the brain by means of electrodes attached to the scalp

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Electroencephalography

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Laminectomy

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Surgical excision of posterior arch of vertebra-includes spinal process

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Surgical excision of posterior arch of vertebra-includes spinal process

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Laminectomy

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Peripheral Nerves (2)

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12 pairs of cranial nerves, 31 pairs of spinal nerves, and autonomic nervous system
Connects peripheral receptors to the brain and spinal cord

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12 pairs of cranial nerves, 31 pairs of spinal nerves, and autonomic nervous system
Connects peripheral receptors to the brain and spinal cord

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Peripheral Nerves

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Shunt

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An artificial passage

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An artificial passage

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Skull

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Entire skeletal framework of the head

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Entire skeletal framework of the head

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Somatic Nerve

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Sensory or motor nerve

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Sensory or motor nerve

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Somatic Nerve

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Stereotaxis

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Method of identifying a specific area or point in the brain

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Method of identifying a specific area or point in the brain

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Stereotaxis

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Sympathetic Nerve

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Part of the peripheral nervous system that controls automatic body function and sympathetic nerves activated under stress

28
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Part of the peripheral nervous system that controls automatic body function and sympathetic nerves activated under stress

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Sympathetic Nerve

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Trephination

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Surgical removal of a disk of bone

30
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Surgical removal of a disk of bone

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Trephination

31
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Vertebrectomy

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Removal of vertebra

32
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Removal of vertebra

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Vertebrectomy

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