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| The two anatomical divisions of the nervous system |
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| The two physiological divisions of the nervous system |
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| The cerebrum/forebrain can be divided into these two sections. |
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| Telencephalon and Diencephalon |
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| The telencephalon is comprised of these structures. |
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| Cerebral cortex, subcortical white matter, basal ganglia, commissures |
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| The Diencephalon consists of these structures. |
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| Thalamus, hypothalamus, epithalamus, subthalamus |
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| The brain stem can be divided into these three regions |
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| Midbrain (Mesencephalon), pons, medulla oblongata |
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| Groups of axons appearing white due to the myelin sheath |
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| Collections of neuron cell bodies. |
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| Another word for cell body or soma |
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| Hollow, fluid-filled tubes which circulate CSF through the brain. |
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| These neurons transmit impulses locally. |
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| These neurons send information from one region to another |
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| Functional unit inside the CNS |
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| Functional unit outside the CNS |
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| These cells help to form the blood-brain barrier, regulate synapses, and can become reactive in response to neural damage. |
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| The immune cell of the CNS |
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| These cells myelinate CNS axons |
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| These cells myelinate PNS axons |
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| The term for the fact that tracts decussate such that the contralateral side of the body is represented in the brain. |
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| The crossing of a tract over the midline (esp in the spinal cord) |
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| This plane transects the object into inferior and superior chunks |
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| This plane transects the object into anterior and posterior chunks |
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| This plane transects the object into medial and lateral chunks |
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| This plane transects the object along a line of bilateral symmetry |
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| Nerves from the CNS to the body: Afferent or Efferent |
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| Nerves from body to CNS: Afferent or Efferent |
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| The three layers of the embryonic neural tube |
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| Ventricular zone (ependyma), intermediate zone (mantle layer), and marginal zone |
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| This is the layer of the neural tube in which neural precursor cells divide |
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| The act of a multipotent stem cell becoming its ultimate cell type |
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| When neural precursors move from their birthplace to a final destination |
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| Receptive part of a neuron |
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| Long projection of a neuron which carries an action potential |
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| Wallerian degeneration moves in this direction |
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| From the axon transection down to the target cell |
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| Wallerian degeneration is also known by this directional name |
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