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Central Nervous System
Encased by the skull and vertebrate bones and consists of
the brain and spinal cord.
TERM 2
Peripheral Nervous System
DEFINITION 2
connects the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body,
including:1. sensory connections to sensory receptors in the
skin2. motor connections to body muscles3. autonomic
connections to body organs
TERM 3
ventral fibers
carry...
DEFINITION 3
information from spinal cord to muscles
TERM 4
dorsal fibers
carry...
DEFINITION 4
information from the body to the spinal cord
TERM 5
what are the two divisions of the
forebrain?
DEFINITION 5
1. Telecephalon2. Diencephalon
the telecephalon
includes...
the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, and some of the limbic
system
TERM 7
the diencephalon includes...
DEFINITION 7
the thalamus, hypothalamus, pineal gland, and pituitary
gland
TERM 8
the midbrain is also known as...
DEFINITION 8
the mesencephalon
TERM 9
the midbrain (or mesencephalon) includes...
DEFINITION 9
the tectum, tegmentum, periadqueductal gray, and reticular
formation
TERM 10
the tectum consists of..
DEFINITION 10
the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus
the metencephalon includes...
-cerebellum-pons-reticular formation
TERM 17
the myencephalon includes...
DEFINITION 17
-medulla oblongota-reticular formation
