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| The outermost layer of the skin, composed mostly of dead cells |
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| The middle layer of the skin, which contains the nerves and blood vessels |
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| The deepest layer of the skin, made up of vessels, fat, and connective tissue |
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| The sensory relay station int he brain (located subcortically) for all sense except olfactory. |
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| Primary Somatosensory Cortex (S1) |
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| A strip of cortex just posterior to the central sulcus, where the primary control of sensation occurs |
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| Primary Motor Cortex (M1) |
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| A strip of of cortex just anterior to the central sulcus, where the primary control of motor movements occurs |
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| A disorder characterized by having sensations (usually pain) in a limb that is no longer attached to the body. |
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| The delusional belief that one is dead, does not exist, is putrefying or has lost his/her blood or internal organs |
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| A sheet of cells lining part of the nasal passages that contains olfactory receptors |
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| Located on the ventral surface of the brain, it is the first part of the central nervous system in olfaction |
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| Lack of the ability to smell |
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| Decreased ability to smell |
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| "Hallucinated smell", often unpleasant |
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| Things smell differently than they should |
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| An abnormally acute sense of smell |
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| Loss of taste functions of the tongue, particularly the inability to detect sweetness, sourness, bitterness, saltiness, and umami. |
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