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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CEREBRUM (LOBES (FRONTAL (FUNCTIONS OF THIS REGION…
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
DIENCEPHALON
THALAMUS
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WHERE ALL CONSCIOUS SENSORY INFORMATION TRAVELS THROUGH AND IS PROCESSED ON THE WAY TO THE CORTEX (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OLFACTION)
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EPITHALAMUS
CONSISTS OF ONE NUCLEUS AND THE PINEAL GLAND THAT SECRETES MELATONIN AND HELPS REGULATE THE SLEEP/WAKE CYCLE
CEREBRUM
LOBES
FRONTAL
FUNCTIONS OF THIS REGION INCLUDE THINKING, PLANNING, MEMORY, VOLUNTARY MOTOR MOVEMENT, ETC.
PARIETAL
FUNCTIONS: PROCESSING SENSORY STIMULI THAT RESULT IN AWARENESS OF OBJECTS, SOUNDS, BODY PARTS AND ESPECIALLY GENERAL SOMATIC SENSATION
TEMPORAL
FUNCTIONS: PRIMARY AUDITORY AND OLFACTORY CORTEX; RECOGNITION OF OBJECTS/FACES, EMOTIONAL RESPONSE AND MEMORY, LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION, ETC.
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POSTCENTRAL GYRUS
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RECIEVES AND PROCESSES GENERAL SOMATIC SENSORY INFORMATION FROM SKIN, MUSCLES, JOINTS, ETC.
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WERNICKE'S AREA
ASSOCIATED WITH SPEECH COMPREHENSION, THE ABILITY TO NAME VISIBLE OBJECTS AND READ WORDS
TRACTS
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PROJECTION
ASCEND FROM SPINAL CORD TO CORTEX OR DESCEND FROM CORTEX TO OTHER AREAS OF THE CNS; VERTICAL FIBERS THAT CAN CONTAIN EITHER SENSORY OR MOTOR INFROMATION
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SPINAL CORD
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FILUM TERMINALE
CONNECTIVE TISSUE EXTENDING FROM THE CONUS MEDULLARIS AND ATTACHING TO THE COCCYX TO STABILIZE AND ANCHOR THE SPINAL CORD IN PLACE
ANTERIOR ROOT
CONTAINS AXONS OF VISCERAL AND SOMATIC MOTOR NEURONS THAT SEND INFORMATION OUT OF SPINAL CORD TO MUSCLES AND GLANDS
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CNS PROTECTION
MENINGES
DURA MATER
MADE OF DENSE, FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE
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