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Chapter 14: The Central Nervous System


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Chapter 14: The Central Nervous System

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cerebral hemispheres

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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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