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| controls involuntary body functions (breathing...etc) |
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| mass of nerve tissue protected by membranes and cranium |
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| consists of brain and spinal cord |
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| behind cerebrum; controls muscle coordination, balance, posture,muscle tone |
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| fills the ventricles and is a shock absorber |
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| highest and largest section of brain; controls reasoning, thought, memory, the 5 senses, and movement |
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| connects to spinal cord; heartbeat,swallowing,blood pressure, coughing |
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| 3 membranes that cover and protect brain and spinal cord |
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| conducts impulses between brain parts; certain eye and auditory reflexes |
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| many fibers outside the brain or spinal cord |
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| basic structural unit of nervous system |
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| parasympathetic and sympathetic |
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| work together to maintain a balanced state and control involuntary functions |
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| peripherial nervous system |
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| reflexes; conducts messages |
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| surroundedand protected by vertebrae |
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| hollow spaces that connect with each other and with spaces under arachnoid membrane (part of the meninge) |
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