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The Nervous System 8.2

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Meninges   A protective membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord. Composed of the dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater.  
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Duramater   A tough white connective tissue.  
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White Matter   Myelinated axons that run together and form tracts.  
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Gray Matter   Non-myelinated fibers  
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Dura Mater   A tough white connective tissue.  
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Arachnoid Mater   A web-like layer of connective tissue.  
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Pia Mater   The deepest menix.  
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Cerebrospinal fluid   A fluid made of blood plasma that forms a protective cushion around the central nervous system.  
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Spinal cord   A cylinder of nervous tissue that extends through the foramen magnum (a hole in the skull).  
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Cerebrum   The largest part of the brain and is composed of right and left hemispheres. It performs higher functions like interpreting touch, vision and hearing, as well as speech, reasoning, emotions.  
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Cerebellum   Located under the cerebrum. Its function is to coordinate muscle movements, maintain posture, and balance.  
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Brainstem   This includes the medulla, midbrain, and pons. This region of the brain performs automatic functions such as breathing, heart rate, body temperature, wake and sleep cycles, digestion, sneezing, coughing, vomiting, and swallowing  
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Gyri/Gyrus   The folds in the brain.  
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Sulci/Sulcus   The grooves between the folds in the brain.  
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Frontal Lobe   Controls: Personality, behavior, speech, judgement, concentration, and self-awareness  
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Parietal Lobe   Interpret language, processes and interprets the sense, visual perception  
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Occipital Love   Interprets vision  
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Temporal Lobe   Understanding language, memory, sequencing, and organization  
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Hypothalamus   Plays a role in controlling behaviors such as hunger, thirst, sleep, and sexual response. It also regulates blood pressure, emotions, and secretion of hormones.  
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Pituitary Gland   The pituitary gland is connected to the hypothalamus of the brain by the pituitary stalk. It secretes hormones that control sexual development, promote bone and muscle growth, respond to stress, and fight disease.  
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Pineal Gland   It helps regulate the body’s internal clock and circadian rhythms by secreting melatonin. It has some role in sexual development.  
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Thalamus   It plays a role in pain sensation, attention, alertness and memory.  
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