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| NERVES THAT CONTROL INVOLUNTARY BODY FUNCTIONS OF MUSCLES, GLANDS, AND INTERNAL ORGANS. |
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| LOWER PORTION OF THE BRAIN THAT CONNECTS THE CEREBRUM WITH THE SPINAL CORD; INCLUDES THE PONS AND MEDULLA OBLONGATA. |
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| COLLECTION OF SPINAL NERVES BELOW THE END OF THE SPINAL CORD. |
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| BRAIN AND THE SPINAL CORD |
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| POSTERIOR PART OF THE BRAIN THAT COORDINATES MUSCLE MOVEMENTS AND MAINTAINS BALANCE |
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| OUTER REGION OF THE CEREBRUM, CONTAINING SHEETS OF NERVE CELLS; GRAY MATTER OF THE BRAIN. |
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| CIRCULATES THROUGHOUT THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD. |
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| LARGEST PART OF THE BRAIN; RESPONSIBLE FOR VOLUNTARY MUSCULAR ACTIVITY, VISION, SPEECH, TASTE, HEARING, THOUGHT, AND MEMORY. |
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| TWELVE PAIRS OF NERVES THAT CARRY MESSAGES TO AND FROM THE BRAIN WITH REGARD TO THE HEAD AND NECK (EXCEPT THE VAGUS NERVE). |
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| COLLECTION OF NERVE CELL BODIES IN THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. |
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| PORTION OF THE BRAIN BENEATH THE TALAMUS; CONTROLS SLEEP, APPETITE, BODY TEMPERATURE, AND SECRETIONS FROM THE PITUITARY GLAND. |
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| PART OF THE BRAIN JUST ABOVE THE SPINAL CORD; CONTROLS BREATHING, HEARTBEAT, AND THE SIZE OF BLOOD VESSELS; NERVE FIBERS CROSS OVER HERE. |
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| THREE PROTECTIVE MEMBRANES THAT SURROUND THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD. |
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| COVERING OF WHITE FATTY TISSUE THAT SURROUNDS AND INSULATES THE AXON OF A NERVE CELL. iT SPEEDS IMPULSE CONDUCTION ALONG AXONS. |
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| MACROSCOPIC CORD-LIKE COLLECTIONS OF FIBERS (AXONS AND DENDRITES) THAT CARRY ELECTRICAL IMPULSES. |
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| NERVE CELL THAT CARRIES IMPULSES THROUGHOUT THE BODY. |
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| PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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| NERVES OUTSIDE THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD; CRANIAL, SPINAL, AND AUTONOMIC NERVES. |
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| THIN, DELICATE INNER MEMBRANE OF THE MENINGES. |
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| PART OF THE BRAIN ANTERIOR TO THE CEREBELLUM AND BETWEEN THE MEDULLA AND THE REST OF THE MIDBRAIN. LATIN, IT MEANS BRIDGE. IT'S A BRIDGE CONNECTING VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BRAIN. |
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| NERVE EXTENDING FROM THE BASE OF THE SPIE DOWN THE THIGH, LOWER LEG, AND FOOT. IT'S PAIN OR IMFLAMMATION ALONG THE COURSE OF THE NERVE. |
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| CARRIES MESSAGES TOWARD THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD FROM A RECEPTOR; AFFERENT NERVE |
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| THIRTY-ONE PAIRS OF NERVES ARISING FROM THE SPINAL CORD. |
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| MAIN RELAY CENTER OF THE BRAIN. IT CONDUCTS IMPULSES BETWEEN THE SPINAL CORD AND THE CEREBRUM; INCOMING SENSORY MESSAGES ARE RELAYED THROUGH THE THALAMUS TO APPROPRIATE CENTERS IN THE CEREBRUM. IT MEANS ROOM. THE ROMANS, WHO NAMED THIS STRUCTURE, THOUGHT THIS PART OF THE BRAIN WAS HOLLOW, LIKE A LITTLE ROOM. |
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| TENTH CRANIAL NERVE (CRANIAL NERVE X); ITS BRANCHES REACH TO THE LARYNX, TRACHEA, BRONCHI, LUNGS, AORTA, ESOPHAGUS, AND STOMACH. LATIN, MEANS WANDERING. UNLIKE OTHER NERVES, IT LEAVES THE HEAD AND "WANDERS" INTO THE ABDOMINAL AND THORACIC CAVITIES. |
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