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| Connective tissue coverings which surround the spinal cord and the brain. |
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| Outermost of the 3 meninges, tough layer of fibrous connective tissue |
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| Middle layer, delicate fibrous layer |
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| Innermost layer, delicate membrane adhering directly to spinal cord |
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| Largest portion of the brain, integrates and interprets incoming sensory impulses as sensations and initiates conscious motor responses |
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| Longitudinal cerebral fissure |
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| Mid-line separation of the hemispheres of the brain |
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| Deep within longitudinal fissure, connects right & left hemispheres |
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| Surface feature of cerebrum, ridge or the raised areas |
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| Surface feature of brain - grooves between the raised areas (gyrus) |
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| Processes visual information, not distinctly separated from the other lobes by a sulcus or fissure |
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| Gray matter on the surface on the cerebrum |
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| Memory formation, receives and evaluates sensory information |
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| Separates temporal lobe from rest of cerebrum |
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| Lies deep in lateral fissure, often called the 5th lobe. Seems to be involved in integrating sensory input from visceral receptors. |
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| Sensory reception and evaluation (not special senses) |
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| Most anterior. Controls impulses, motor function, coordination, judgement. |
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| Separates frontal from parietal lobes |
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| Most posterior portion of brain, completely separated from the cerebrum |
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| Divided into midbrain, pons and medulla oblongata |
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| Most superior part of the brain stem, connects brain stem to higher brain areas. |
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| larger pair, contain a visual reflex center |
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| Contains an auditory reflex center |
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| Primarily descending nerve tracts from the cerebrum to the midbrain and spinal cord |
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| Located just inferior to midbrain and superior to medulla |
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| Most inferior portion of the brain stem |
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| Located between brain stem and cerebrum. Contains thalamus, subthalamus, epithalamus, and hypothalamus. |
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| Largest part of the diencephalon, located in both hemispheres |
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| Regulates the pituitary galnds function |
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| Movement of eye muscles, dilation/constriction of pupil |
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| Sensations on face and head, movement of eye muscles |
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| Abduction of eyes (lateral movement) |
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| Sensation of external ear and palate; movement of facial & throat muscles, taste (anterior 2/3 of tongue), and stimuatlion of salivary and lacrimal (tear) glands |
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| Vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII) |
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| Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX) |
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| Taste, salivation, hearing, equilibrium, swallowing |
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| Sensory reception in throat and abdominal organs, speech formation, taste |
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| Movement of soft palate, pharynx, sternocleidomastid, and trapezius |
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| Movement of muscles of the tongue and throat |
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