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39 Cards in this Set
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aqueduct
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a channel or passageway
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arachnoid
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like a spider web
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arbor
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tree-like structure
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cauda
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tail
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cerebellum
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little brain
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cerebro
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brain
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chiasm
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X-shaped
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conus
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a cone
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dura
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hard (tough)
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encephalo
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brain
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equina
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horse
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falx
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sickle-shapd structure
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filum
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thread-like structure
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ganglion
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a knot
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mater
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mother
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meninx
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a membrane
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oblongata
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oblong
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peduncle
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stem-like connecting part
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pia
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tender
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pinea
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pine cone
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pons
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a bridge
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quadrigeminum
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four parts
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tentorium
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a tent
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terminalis
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at the end; ending
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thalamos
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inner chamber
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vermis
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worm-like structure
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vita
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life
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falx cerebri
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a fold of dura mater in the longitudinal fissure
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tentorium cerebelli
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a fold of dura mater between the cerebrum and cerebellum
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falx cerebelli
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a fold of dura mater between cerebellar hemispheres
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Cerebrum
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fissures
sulci (lateral, central, parieto-occipital) lobes corpus callosum lateral ventricles septum pellucidum olfactory tracts/bulbs |
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Diencephalon
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third ventricle
thalamus intermediate mass hypothalamus infundibulum pineal gland optic nerves/chiasm/tracts |
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frontal lobes
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defined by central and lateral sulci
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parietal lobes
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defined by central, lateral, and parieto-occipital sulci
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temporal lobes
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defined by lateral sulci
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occipital lobes
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defined by parieto-occipital sulci
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hypothalamus
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forms floor of third ventricle
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infundibulum
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runs from hypothalamus to pituitary gland
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optic nerves
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extend from eyes to optic chiasm
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