CNS
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| What are nerve endings called? | Receptors or recievers of information
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| What are nerve endings sensitive to in our skin? | Touch, pain, pressure, and temperature
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| What are the special nerves responsible for? | taste, smell, vision, hearing, and sense of postition of movement
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| What is the central nervous system called? | Power Station
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| What are the two parts of the nervous system? | Central and Peripheral
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| What does the central nervous system consist of? | brain and spinal cord
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| What does the peripheral nervous system consist of? | muscles, glands, skin, and other organs
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| What is the center of all nervous control? | Central Nervous System
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| What literally mean "stem-like portion" of the brain that connects the cerebrum with the spinal cord? | Brainstem
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| What is the control center for voluntary movements and that coordinates mental activity? | Cerebrum
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| What is the outer layer of the cerebrum? | Cerebral Cortex
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| What is the portion of the brain between the front and back halves of the brain? | Diencephalon
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| What two structures of the diencephalon are included? | thalamus and hypothalamus
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| What does the term thalamus mean which denotes its location in the brain? | inner chamber
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| What is the middle part of the brain called? | Midbrain
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| What is another name for midbrain? | mesencephalon
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| What is a small round mass of the brain tissue located in the posterior section of the cranial cavity? | Cerebellum
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| What are the three lobes in the Cerebellum? | Two lateral lobes and a central lobe
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| What is a structure acting like a bridge that lies anterior to the cerebellum and between the midbrain and the medulla? | Pons
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| What is more commonly called the medulla that has pons and soft tissue in the center of the spinal cord? | medulla oblogata
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| What is a tent-like covering over the cerebellum that is made of dura mater and supports occipitals lobes? | Tentorium
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| What is a column of nervous tissue that extends down the center of the vertebrae? | spinal cord
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| What is a root word that means spinal cord? | myelo
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| What are little, rounded cavities that contain cerebrospinal fluid in the center of the brain? | Ventricles
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| How many ventricles are in the brain? | Four
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