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31 Cards in this Set
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3 Membrans that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord ?
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Meninges
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Tough layer of the mininges firmly attached to the interior of the skull?
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Dura matter
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Inner and most delicate layer of the miniges?
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Pia mater
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Middle layer of the mininges ?
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Arachnoid membrane
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Fluid surrounding the brain and spinal fluid ?
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Cerebrospinal fluid
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Divides the cerebrum into the right and left hemisphere?
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Falx cerebri
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Largest part of the brain ?
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Cerebrum
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Portion of the brain located dorsally to the pons and medulla oblongota?
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Cerebellum
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Part of the brain connecte=ing the cerebral hemispheres with the spinal cord?
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Brainstem
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Portion of the brain connecting the pons and cerebellum with the cerebral hemispheres ?
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Midbrain
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Portion of the brain that controls certain metabolic activities ? ( body temp )
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Hypothalamus
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Switching station between the pons and the cerebrum ?
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Thalamus
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A series of nervous tissue keeping the human body in a state of conscious, ?
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RAS
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Lower portion of the brainstem containing the respiratory , cardiac and vassomotor centers?
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Medulla Oblongata
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Process of tissue responsible for the communication interchange between the cerebellum and the cerebrum ,midbrain and the spinal cord?
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PONS
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The pressure moving blood through the brain ?
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Cerebral perfusion pressure
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Process that controls blood flow to the brain ?
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Autoregulatin
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The cheekbone ?
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Zygoma
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Bone of the upper jaw?
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Maxilla
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The jawbone?
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Mandible
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Outer vissible portion of the ear?
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Pinna
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The three rings of the inner ear ?
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Semicircular canals
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Clear watery fluid filling the posterior of the chamber of the eye ?
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Vitreous humor
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Light and color sensing tissue ?
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Retina
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Clear fluid filling the anterior chamber of the eye ?
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Aqueous humor
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Pigmented portion of the eye?
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iris
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Dark openning in the center of the iris ?
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Pupil
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White of the eye ?
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Sclera
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Thin layer covering the pupil ?
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Cornea
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mucous membrane that lines the eyelids?
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Conjunctiva
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Liquid that lubricates the eyes?
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Lacrimal fluid
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