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Cerebrum
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Largest part of brain
bilateral hemispheres hemispheres are seperated by longitudinal fissure |
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cerebral cortex
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gray mater
contain cell bodies of neurons |
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semioval center
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white mater
made of cellular processes(axons and dendrites) |
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What causes white apperence of of axons?
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mylination
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Hemispheres are connected by?
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corpus callosum (white mater)
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Corpus callosum
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contains millions of axons because that is where neurons cross to the opposite side for communication
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convolutions
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gyri
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grooves
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sulci
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5 lobes in each hemisphere
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1. frontal
2. temporal 3. parietal 4. insula 6. occipital |
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occipital lobe
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posterior to occipital bone
extends posterior to occipital pole from parieto-occipital fissure |
