| central nervous system (CNS) |
brain plus spinal cord |
| peripheral nervous system (PNS) |
nervous system other than CNS; includes spinal ganglia, cranial nerves III-XII, and autonomic nervous system (ANS)
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| autonomic nervous system |
the part of the nervous system that innervates internal organs, blood vessels, and glands; visceral PNS; consists of sympathetic, parasympathetic, and enteric divisions |
| midline |
line that bisects the nervous system into two halves |
| lateral |
away from the midline |
| medial |
toward the midline |
| rostral |
toward the nose (anterior) |
| caudal |
towad the tail (posterior) |
| frontal |
anterior to the central sulcus |
| ventral |
toward the belly |
| dorsal |
toward the back |
| sulcus (sulci) |
groove in surface of cerebrum between gyri |
| gyrus (gyri) |
bump or bulge between sulci of cerebrum |
| anterior |
pointing forward |
| superior |
pointing up |
| inferior |
pointing down |
| posterior |
pointing backward |
| central sulcus |
sulcus dividing frontal lobe from parietal lobe |
| cerebellum |
structure attached the brain stem at the pons; movement control |
| brainstem |
diencephalon including midbrain, pons, and medulla |
| frontal lobe |
region of the cerebrum anterior to the central sulcus (behind the forehead, above the roof of the mouth and nasal cavities) |
| parietal lobe |
region of the cerebrum posterior to the central sulcus (under the parietal [wall] bones forming sides and top of skull) |
| occipital lobe |
region of the cerebrum posterior to the parietal lobe, lying under the occipital bone (lower back of skull) |
| temporal lobe |
region of the cerebrum lying under the temporal bone (i.e., under the temples) |