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Chapter 14: The Central Nervous System |
| term | page reference |
cerebral hemispheres |
463 |
gyrus |
463 |
sulcus |
463 |
longitudinal fissure |
463 |
corpus callosum |
463 |
brainstem |
463 |
gray and white matter |
463 |
neural plate |
464 |
neural groove |
464 |
neural fold |
464 |
neural tube |
465 |
neural crest |
465 |
meninges |
467 |
dura mater |
467 |
dural sinus |
467 |
falx cerebri |
467 |
tentorium cerebelli |
468 |
diaphragma sellae |
468 |
dural sheath |
468 |
epidural space |
468 |
arachnoid membrane |
468 |
pia mater |
468 |
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) |
468 |
choroid plexus |
468 |
blood-CSF barrier |
468 |
lateral ventricle |
469 |
third ventricle |
469 |
interventricular foramen |
469 |
cerebral aqueduct |
469 |
fourth ventricle |
469 |
arachnoid villus |
470 |
blood-brain barrier (BBB) |
471 |
circumventricular organ (CVO) |
471 |
central pattern generator (CPG) |
471 |
cervical region of spinal cord |
471 |
thoracic region of spinal cord |
471 |
lumbar region of spinal cord |
471 |
sacral region of spinal cord |
471 |
cervical enlargement |
472 |
lumbar enlargement |
472 |
conus medullaris |
472 |
filum terminale |
472 |
cauda equina |
472 |
anterior median fissure |
472 |
posterior median sulcus |
472 |
dorsal (posterior) horn |
473 |
ventral (anterior) horn |
473 |
gray commissure |
473 |
central canal |
473 |
lateral horn |
473 |
dorsal column |
474 |
lateral column |
474 |
ventral column |
474 |
spinal tract |
474 |
decussation |
474 |
pyramids |
478 |
olive |
478 |
inferior olivary nucleus |
478 |
cardiac center |
478 |
vasomotor center |
479 |
respiratory center |
479 |
cerebellar hemisphere |
479 |
vermis |
479 |
folia |
479 |
cerebellar peduncles |
480 |
arbor vitae |
480 |
Purkinje cells |
480 |
upper motor neurons |
480 |
lower motor neurons |
480 |
cerebral peduncles |
480 |
substantia nigra |
480 |
tegmentum |
480 |
red nucleus |
480 |
tectum |
480 |
corpora quadrigemina |
480 |
superior and inferior colliculi |
480 |
habituation |
482 |
mammillary body |
483 |
osmoreceptor |
484 |
pineal gland |
484 |
habenula |
484 |
projection tracts |
484 |
internal capsule |
484 |
corona radiata |
484 |
commissural tract |
484 |
anterior and posterior commissures |
484 |
association tracts |
485 |
cerebral cortex |
485 |
central sulcus |
485 |
parieto-occipital sulcus |
486 |
lateral sulcus |
486 |
stellate cells |
486 |
pyramidal cells |
486 |
neocortex |
486 |
caudate nucleus |
487 |
putamen |
487 |
globus pallidus |
487 |
amygdala |
487 |
claustrum |
487 |
brain waves |
489 |
electroencephalogram (EEG) |
489 |
alpha (a ) waves |
489 |
beta (ß) waves |
490 |
theta (q ) waves |
490 |
delta (d ) waves |
490 |
sleep |
490 |
coma |
490 |
suprachiasmatic nucleus |
490 |
sleep stages 1 - 4 |
490 |
sleep spindles |
490 |
slow-wave sleep (SWS) |
490 |
REM (paradoxical) sleep |
490 |
motor association (premotor) area |
490 |
precentral gyrus (primary motor area) |
491 |
somatotopy |
491 |
postcentral gyrus |
492 |
primary sensory area |
492 |
somatosensory |
492 |
association area |
494 |
visual association area |
494 |
auditory association area |
494 |
frontal association area |
494 |
prefrontal area |
495 |
cerebral lateralization |
495 |
Wernicke's area |
495 |
angular gyrus |
495 |
Broca's area |
495 |
affective language area |
495 |
aprosodia |
495 |
aphasia |
496 |
memory |
496 |
short-term memory (STM) |
496 |
long-term memory (LTM) |
497 |
memory consolidation |
497 |
declarative memory |
497 |
hippocampus |
497 |
amygdaloid nucleus |
497 |
procedural memory |
497 |
conditioned reflex |
497 |
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