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nervous system
the cns and pns
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
05/03/2009

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What is Grey Matter and where is it found?
Definition

composed of neuron cell bodies and their dendrites

found in the cortex of the cerebrum

the nuclei, aggregations found deeper in the brain

and central area of the spinal cord

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what is white matter and where is it found?
Definition
neuronal axons with their myelin sheaths. found in every region of the CNS
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what is the cerebrum
Definition
the right and left hemisphers of the brain
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what is the cortex?
Definition
outer layer made up of neuronal cell bodies(grey matter)
Term
what are convulutions?
Definition
folds and grooves that gently increase surface area. elevated folds = gyri. depressed grooves= sulci
Term
lobes of the cerebrum
Definition

frontal

parietal

temporal

occipital

insula

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