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- separates the dura and bone
- thin space containing fat
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| conveys incoming sensory signals from skin, muscle, and body organs |
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- contains axons of motor neurons emerging from the ventral horn of spinal cord gray matter
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- contain axons of unmyelinated sensory neurons
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| contain cell bodies of motor neurons |
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- extends deeply into the cord, nearly to the central canal
- ventrally
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- dorsally
- makes a shallow indentation
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| composed of the cell bodies of autonomic and somatosensory neurons beinging signals to the cord |
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| webs of interlaced axons that recombine to form new nerves that carry axons from multiple spinal cord segments |
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promotes sleepiness and is important in maintaining the daily sleep cycle
secreted by the pineal gland |
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| upper and lower pairs of small mounds on the posterior surface of the midbrain |
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| two pecan-sized masses sitting atop of the brainstem |
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| inferior and anterior to the thalamus |
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size of a coffee bean
sits in the midline atop the midbrain |
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| most superior portion of the brainstem and connects directly to the diencephalon above |
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| bulge that forms the middle and largest part of the brainstem |
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| lowest portion of the brainstem and connects directly to the spinal cord |
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sausage-shapedÂ
throughout the entire brainstem |
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| sits posterior to the brainstem and immediately under the occipital poles of the cerebrum |
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