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Ventricle
small hollow within the brain filled with CSF
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Efferent Nerves
motor, transmits impulses from CNS to the muscles and glands
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Neurons
functional unit, the actual nerve cell
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Phagocytosis
process of engulfing and digesting foreign substances
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Nerves
cordlike bundles of nerve fibers that transmits impulses to and from the brain and spinal cord to the body
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Piamater
innermost layer; tissue adheres closely to the brain , fuses with the ependyma
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Cerebrum
largest, uppermost part; controls conscience, memory, sensations, emotinos, and voluntary movement
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Cerebral Cortex
surface of the brain
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Gyri
convolutions and elevations of the cortex
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Sulci
grooves in the gyri
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Hypothalamus
activating, controlling, and integrating PNS; sleep, body temp., appetite.
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Pons
acts as a bridge btwn the midbrain and medulla oblongata
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