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Frontal Lobe

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Front, associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech, movement, emotions, and problem solving

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Parietal Lobe

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Top Right, associated with movement, orientation, recognition, perception of stimuli

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Occipital Lobe

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Lower Right, associated with visual processing

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Temporal Lobe

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Bottom Left, associated with perception and recognition of auditory stimuli, memory, and speech

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Stroke

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Lack Of Blood To The Brain, (Ischemic - Blood Clots, Hemorrhagic - Ruptured Blood Vessels, HypoTenSive - Low Blood Pressure), 2ND Most Common Cause Of Death In The US

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Multiple Sclerosis

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AutoImmune Attack Of The Myelin, Slow Signals

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Epilepsy

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Two Or More Unprovoked Seizures (Grand Mal Seizure - Tonic-Clonic - Tensing And Shaking, Petite Mal Seizure - Absence Seizure - Blank)

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Brain Cancer

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Generally Involves Glia (Support Cells) Rather Than Neurons, An UnControlled Growth Of Abnormal Cells

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NeuroDeGenerative Disease

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Few Known Causes, Few Known Treatments, No Known Cure

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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AD - The DeGeneration Of Brain Tissue Starting In The Medial Temporal Lobe (Hippocampus)

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ParkinSon’S DiSease

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PD - The DeGeneration Of Brain Tissue In The SubStanSia Nigra (MoveMent), Leads To Tremor, Michael J Fox, MuHammed Ali

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AmyTroPhic Lateral Sclerosis

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ALS - Lou GerHig’s Disease, Destruction Of Motor Neurons, Stephen Hawking

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Synapse

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The Space Between Neurons

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NeuroTransMitter

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Thure Chemical Messenger BeTWeen Neurons

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Axon

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The Long ThreadLike Part Of A Nerve Cell That Conducts Impulses From The Cell Body To Other Cells

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DenDRites

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A Short Branched ExTension Of A Nerve Cell Along Which Impulses ReCeived From Other Cells At Synapses Are Transmitted To The Cell Body

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Nodes Of RaNVier

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A Gap Between Adjacent Schwann Cells

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MYElin

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Sheath Around Nerve Fibers InCreaSIng The Speed At Which Impulses Are CoNDucted

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TerMinAl BouTonS

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The TerMinAl At The End Of An Axon

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Cell Body

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Nucleus Containing Central Part Of A Neuron

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NeUrOn NeTWoRK

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NeTWoRK Of Neurons That Conduct ImPuLSES

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CorPus CaLLoSum

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Band Of Nerve FiBers JoiNIng The Two HemiSPHeres Of The Brain

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CeREBral CoRTex

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OutSide Layer Of The CeReBrum Of The Brain HIGHER LEVEL INTELLIGENCE

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CeReBRum

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The PriNCIPLE And Most Anterior Part Of The Brain

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CeReBeLLUM

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The Part Of The Brain At The Lower Back

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RePTiLIaN BrAIN

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LoWeR Back Of The Brain, OLDEsT Part, CoNTRolS The BoDY’S ViTAL FuNCTIONS

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NEOCoRTEX

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PART OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX The NeWEst Part Of The Brain, CoNCeRNed With Sight And HeARINg In MaMMALS, PaRT Of The CEREBRAL CoRTEx

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ANEURYSM

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An EnLargeMent Of An ArTeRY CauSED By The WeAKENING Of An ARTERY Wall

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STROKE

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INTeRuPTED SUPPLY OF BLOOD TO THE BRAIN

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EPILEPSY

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TWO OR MORE UNPROVOKED SEIZURES

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TUMOR

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AN UNCONTROLLED GROWTH OF ABNORMAL CELLS

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GLIAL CELLS

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SURROUND NEURONS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT AND INSULATION BETWEEN THEM

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EEG

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ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM, DETECTS ELECTRICLE ACTIVITY IN YOUR BRAIN

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X RAY

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A FORM OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION WITH A VERY HIGH FREQUENCY AND ENERGY, A PHOTOGRAPH OR A DIGITAL PHOTO OF AN INTERNAL COMPOSITION OF SOMETHING

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MEDULLA OBLONGATA

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THE CONTINUATION OF THE SPINAL CORD WITHIN THE SKULL, BELLOW PONS, ABOVE SPINAL CORD

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SPINAL CORD

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CYLINDRICAL BUNDLE OF NERVE FIBERS AND ASSOCIATED TISSUE THAT IS ENCLOSED IN THE SPINE, UNDER LEFT MEDULLA OBLONGATA, UNDER RIGHT CEREBELLUM

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PONS

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THE TOP PART OF THE BRAINSTEM, ABOVE MEDULLA OBLONGATA BELOW TEMPORAL LOBE OF THE CEREBRUM

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PITUITARY GLAND

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MAJOR ENDOCRINE GLAND, PEA SIZED GLAND AT THE BASE OF THE BRAIN, ABOVE TEMPORAL LOBE OF THE CEREBRUM, BELOW FRONTAL LOBE OF THE CEREBRUM

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AUTOIMMUNE

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OF OR RELATING TO DISEASE CAUSED BY ANTIBODIES OR LYMPHOCYTES PRODUCED AGAINST SUBSTANCES NATURALLY PRESENT IN THE BODY

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SCHWANN CELL

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AROUND MYELINATED NERVE FIBER BETWEEN TWO NODES OF RANVIER

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PHRENOLOGY

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THE STUDY OF CONFORMATION OF THE SKULL BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT IT IS INDICATIVE MENTAL FACULTIES AND CHARACTER

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LOBOTOMY

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SURGICAL OPERATION INVOLVING INCISION TO THE PREFRONTAL LOBE OF THE BRAIN FORMERLY USED TO TREAT MENTAL ILLNESS

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LOBECTOMY

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SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A LOBE OF AN ORGAN

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X RAY

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HIGH FREQUENCY RADIATION PASSES THROUGH THE BODY

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FLOUROSCIPY

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X RAYS PLUS COMPUTERS - REAL TIME MOVING IMAGES

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CAT SCAN

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COMPUTED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY - A SERIES OF X RAYS COMPILED BY A COMPUTER

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MRI

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MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, NO RADIATION, SLOW, EXPENSIVE, CREATES DETAILED IMAGES OF THE ORGANS INSIDE OF YOUR BODY

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FMRI

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FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, MRI, COLORS

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PET SCAN

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POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY, INJECT PATIENT WITH A RADIOTRACER THAT IS TRACKED BY COMPUTER CHECKS FOR DISEASE AND ORGANS

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SPECT

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SINGLE PHOTO EMISSION COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY, FIND SEIZURE LOCATION

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EEG

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ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM, RECORDS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY, THROUGH SCALP, EPILEPSY, CHECK FOR BRAIN ACTIVITY

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TRACTOGRAPHY

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NEW TECHNIQUE, SHOWS NEURONAL CONNECTIONS

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CORNEA

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THE TRANSPARENT LAYER FORMING THE FRONT OF THE EYE

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PUPIL

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THE DARK CIRCULAR OPENING IN THE CENTER OF THE IRIS OF THE EYE VARYING IN SIZE TO REGULATE THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT REACHING THE RETINA

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IRIS

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A FLAT COLORED RING SHAPED MEMBRANE BEHIND THE CORNEA OF THE EYE

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LENS

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OTHER TRANSPARENT SUBSTANCE WITH CURVED SIDES FOR CONCENTRATING OR DISPERSING LIGHT RAYS

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EYELID

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EYELID

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OPTIC NERVE

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EACH OF THE SECOND PAIR OF CRANIAL NERVES TRANSMITTING IMPULSES TO THE BRAIN FROM THE RETINA AT THE BACK OF THE EYE

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RETINA

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A LAYER AT THE BACK OF THE EYEBALL CONTAINING CELLS THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO LIGHT AND THAT TRIGGER NERVE IMPULSES THAT PASS VIA THE OPTIC NERVE TO THE BRAIN

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VITREOUS HUMOR

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A TRANSPARENT JELLY LIKE TISSUE FILLING THE EYEBALL BEHIND THE LENS

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SCLERA

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THE WHITE OUTER LAYER OF THE EYEBALL AT THE FRONT OF THE EYE IT IS CONTINUOUS WITH THE CORNEA

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SEIZURE

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NEURONS FIRING OFF ALL AT THE SAME TIME

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NAME A NEURO TRANSMITTER

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DOPAMIME

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