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| LARGEST PART OF THE BRAIN; "THINKING" AREA. RESPONSIBLE FOR VOLUNTARY MUSCULAR ACTIVITY, VISION, SPEECH, TASTE, HEARING, THOUGHT, MEMORY |
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| FUNCTIONS TO COORDINATE VOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS AND TO MAINTAIN BALANCE AND POSTURE |
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| CONNECTS THE SPINAL CORD WITH THE REST OF THE BRAIN (IN BRAIN STEM); CONTROLS BREATHING, HEARTBEAT, AND SIZE OF BLOOD VESSELS; NERVE FIBERS CROSS OVER HERE. (LOCATED JUST ABOVE THE SPINAL CORD) |
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| CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID; FLUID THAT CIRCULATES THROUGHOUT THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD |
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| THICK, OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE MENINGES SURROUNDING AND PROTECTING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD |
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| LOWER PORTION OF THE BRAIN THAT CONNECTS THE CEREBRUM WITH THE SPINAL CORD. THE PONS AND MEDULLA OBLONGATA ARE PART OF THE BRAINSTEM |
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| OUTER REGION OF THE CEREBRUM; CONTAINING SHEETS OF NERVE CELLS; GRAY MATTER OF THE BRAIN |
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| CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN AND THE SPINAL CORD |
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| THREE PROTECTIVE MEMBRANES THAT SURROUND THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD. |
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| GANGLION (SINGLE) PLURAL=GANGLIA; COLLECTION OF NERVE CELL BODIES IN THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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| WHITE FATTY TISSUE THAT SURROUNDS, AND INSULATES THE AXON OF A NERVE CELL. MYELIN SPEEDS IMPULSE CONDUCTION ALONG AXONS |
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| PLURAL=PLEXUSES; LARGE, INTERLACING NETWORK OF NERVES. LUMBOSACRAL, CERVICAL, AND BRACHIAL PLEXUSES. |
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| NERVE CELL THAT CARRIES IMPULSES THROUGHOUT THE BODY. |
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| SPACE THROUGH WHICH A NERVOUS IMPULSE IS TRANSMITTED FROM ONE NEURON TO ANOTHER OR FROM A NEURON TO ANOTHER CELL, SUCH AS MUSCLE OR GLAND CELL. |
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| VAGUS NERVE (10TH CRANIAL NERVE) |
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| FEELING, NERVOUS SENSATION |
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| nerve root (of spinal nerves) |
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| chronic brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizure activity |
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| autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by weakness of voluntary muscles |
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| viral infection affecting peripheral nerves |
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| inflammation of the meninges; leptomeningitiscerebra |
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| temporary dysfunction (brief loss of consciousness) after injury, usually clearing witin 24 hours |
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| bruising of brain tissue as a result of direct trauma to the head; neurologic deficits persist longer than 24 hours |
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| congenital defects in the lumbar spinal column caused by imperfect union of vertebral parts (neural tube defect) |
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| CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISRUPTION IN THE NORMAL BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE BRAIN; STROKE |
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| ENLARGED, WEAKENED AREA IN AN ARTERIAL WALL, WHICH MAY RUPTURE, LEADING TO HEMORRHAGE AND CVA. |
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| MALIGNANT TUMOR OF ASTROCYTES (GLIAL BRAIN CELLS) |
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| TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK |
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| DESTRUCTION OF MYELIN ON AXONS OF NERVES (AS IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) |
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| A MASS OF MATERIAL TRAVELS THROUGH THE BLOOD STREAM AND SUDDENLY BLOCKS A VESSEL |
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| IMMATURE CELLS (AS IN GLIOBLASTOMA) |
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| RELIEVING SYMPTOMS WITHOUT CURING |
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| REMOVAL OF THE THYMUS GLAND; USED AS TREATMENT FOR MYASTHENIA GRAVIS |
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| HERPES VIRUS THAT CAUSES SHINGLES |
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| XRAY IMAGING OF THE ARTERIAL BLOOD VESSEL SYSTEM IN THE BRAIN AFTER INJECTION OF CONTRAST MATERIAL |
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| RECORDING OF THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY |
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| CSF IN WITHDRAWN FROM BETWEEN TWO LUMBAR VERTEBRAE |
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| CSF IN WITHDRAWN FROM BETWEEN TWO LUMBAR VERTEBRAE |
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| ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID(CSF) IN THE BRAIN |
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| PART OF THE NEURON THAT CONDUCTS IMPULSES AWAY FROM THE CELL BODY; EACH CELL HAS ONLY ONE |
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| PART OF THE NEURON THAT ACTS AS A SENDING AND RECEIVING CENTER, CARRIES ON METABOLISM AND STORES ENERGY |
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| PART OF THE NEURON THAT CARRIES IMPULSES TO THE CELL BODY |
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| MASS OF NERVE TISSUE, PRINCIPALLY NERVE CELL BODIES, OUTSIDE THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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| ENDING OF A NERVE AT A MUSCLE |
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| BUNDLE OF NERVE FIBERS, BLOOD VESSELS, AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE OUTSIDE THE CNS. |
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| THREADLIKE PROJECTIONS OF CYTOPLASM FROM THE CELL BODY OF A NEURON; AXONS AND DENDRITES |
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| SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR NERVE TISSUE CONSISTING OF BLOOD VESSESS, CONNECTIVE TISSUE, AND SPECIALIZED CELLS FOUND ONLY IN THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD |
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| JUNCTION OF AN AXON AND ONE OR MORE DENDRITES WHICH TRANSMITS NERVE IMPULSES IN ONE DIRECTION ONLY |
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| CELLS FUNCTIONING IN THE RECEPTION OF STIMULI; THE RECEIVING END OF SENSORY NERVES |
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| AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTOMATICALLY REGULATES THE ACTION OF THE GLANDS, SMOOTH MUSCLE OF HOLLOW ORGANS, AND THE HEART -NONVOLUNTARY |
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| SYSTEM OF BODY DEALING WITH BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD |
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| CONSISTS OF NERVE TISSUE FROM THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD- CONTROLS VOLUNTARY ACTS |
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| OUTER LAYER OF GRAY MATTER OF THE CEREBRUM |
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| WATERY FLUID PROTECTING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD |
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| NERVE ENDINGS THAT CARRY OUT ACTIONS |
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| A DEEP GROOVE OR FURROW IN AN ORGAN SUCH AS THE BRAIN |
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| NERVE TISSUE OF A GRAYISH COLOR CONSISTING PRIMARILY OF NONMYELINATED NERVE FIBERS; CONTAINS LARGE NUMBERS OF CELL BODIES OF NEURONS |
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| EITHER HALF OF THE CEREBRUM OR CEREBELLUM |
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| A FAIRLY WELL-DEFINED PART OF AN ORGAN SUCH AS THE BRAIN SEPARATED BY BOUNDARIES |
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| THE TOUGH, 3 LAYERED MEMBRANE PROTECTING THE SPINAL CORD AND THE BRAIN |
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| REPAIR, GROWTH, OR RESTORATION OF A PART |
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| ANY AGENT OR INFLUENCE THAT PRODUCES A RESPONSE OR INCREASE IN ACTIVITY IN LIVING PROTOPLASM |
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| A SLIGHT GROOVE, FURROW, OR DEPRESSION IN AN ORGAN, ESPECIALLY THE BRAIN |
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| NERVE TISSUE CONSISTING OF MYELINATED NERVE FIBERS |
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| PROVIDES INPUT FROM SENSORY RECEPTORS TO THE CNS AND OUTPUT FROM THE CNS TO NTHE EFFECTORS |
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| ALSO CALLED AFFERENT OR RECEPTOR, RECEIVE MESSAGES FROM ALL PARTS OF THE BODY AND TRANSMIT THEM TO THE CNS, CONTROLLED BY THE THALAMUS |
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| ALSO CALLED CENTRAL OR INTERNUNCIAL, CONDUCT MESSAGES OR IMPULSES FROM SENSORY TO MOTOR NEURONS, FOUND ONLY IN CNS |
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| ALSO CALLED EFFERENT, LOCATED IN MUSCLES OR GLANDS, TRANSMIT MESSAGES FROM THE CNS TO ALL PARTS OF THE BODY, CONTROLLED BY FRONTAL LOBE OF BRAIN |
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| FATTY COVERING WHICH PROVIDES INSULATION AND SPEEDS IMPULSE CONDUCTION |
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| CENTRAL CORE OF JELLY-LIKE MATERIAL |
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| THIN MEMBRANE WITH NUCLEI CALLED SCHWANN CELLS COMPLETELY COVERING THE NERVE FIBER; REGENERATES NERVE FIBERS |
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