Chapter 13: Brain and Cranial Nerves

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abducens

dorsal root ganglion

neural plate

somatic sense

accessory

dorsal-column/medial-lemniscal system

neural tube

somatic sensory cortex

afferent

ectoderm

occipital lobe

special sense

antagonist

embryo

nociceptor

special sensory

anterior corticospinal tract

epithalamus

nucleus

speech

anterior spinocerebellar tract

excitatory

ocular

spinal nerve tract

anterolateral system

extensor muscle

oculomotor

spinocerebellar system

arbor vitae

extrapyramidal system

olfaction

spinocerebellum

ascending nerve tract

facial

olfactory

spinothalamic tract

association area

falx cerebelli

olfactory cortex

stimulatory

association fiber

falx cerebri

optic

stimulus

audition

fasciculus

Pacinian corpuscle

substantia nigra

autonomic

feedback loop

pain

subthalamic nucleus

balance

fissure

parasympathetic

subthalamus

basal nucleus

flocculonodular lobe

parietal lobe

superficial

brain

folium

pH

superior cerebellar peduncle

brain stem

free nerve ending

photon

superior colliculus

brain vesicle

frontal lobe

photoreceptor

synapse

Broca's area

funiculus

pineal body

taction

capsule

general sense

pons

taste

caudate nucleus

general sensory

pons

taste area

cell body

glossopharyngeal

postcentral gyrus

tectum

cerebellar cortex

Golgi tendon organ

posterior horn

tegmentum

cerebellum

gray matter

posterior spinocerebellar tract

telencephalon

cerebral cortex

gustation

precentral gyrus

temperature

cerebral hemisphere

hair follicle receptor

prefrontal area

temporal lobe

cerebral motor area

hypoglossal

premotor area

tentorium cerebelli

cerebral peduncle

hypothalamus

pressure

tertiary neuron

cerebral sensory area

indirect pathway

primary auditory cortex

thalamus

cerebrocerebellum

inferior cerebellar peduncle

primary motor cortex

thalamus

cerebrum

inferior colliculus

primary neuron

thermoreceptor

chemoreceptor

inhibitory

primary sensory area

touch

collateral

integration

primary somatic sensory cortex

tract

commissure

internal capsule

primary visual cortex

transduce

comparator

ipsilateral

primitive

transmission

conduit

lateral column

projections

trigeminal

conscious

lateral hemisphere

proprioception

trochlear

contralateral

lentiform nucleus

prosencephalon

two-point discrimination

corpus callosum

lower motor neurons

pyramid

unconscious

corpus quadrigeminus

mechanoreceptor

pyramidal decussation

upper motor neuron

corpus striatum

medial lemniscus

pyramidal system

vagus

cortical

medulla oblongata

receptor

vermis

cortical area

Meissner's corpuscle

red nucleus

vermis

corticobulbar tract

Merkel's cell

reflexive

vestibulocerebellum

corticospinal tract

Merkel's disk

reticular formation

vestibulocochlear

cranial nerve

mesencephalon

reticulospinal tract

vestibulospinal tract

cutaneous

midbrain

rhombencephalon

vibration

decussate

middle cerebellar peduncle

rubrospinal tract

visceral sense

decussation

mnemonic

Ruffini's end organ

vision

descending nerve tract

motor nerve tract

secondary neuron

voluntary

descending pathway

motor output

sensation

Wernicke's area

descending tract

motor speech area

sense

white matter

development

muscle spindle

sensory


dexterity

muscle tone

sensory nerve tract


diencephalon

myelencephalon

sensory receptor


diencephalon

neural crest

sensory speech area


direct pathway

neural fold

somatic motor