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| A-B | |
| abducens nucleus | Brainstem nuclei of cranial nerves |
| alpha-motor neurons | Basic motor pathway |
| Alzheimer's disease | Medial temporal lobe |
| amygdala | Medial temporal lobe |
| anterior commissure | Coronal and horizontal sections |
| ascending reticular activating system | Sleep and language |
| autonomic ganglia | Hypothalamus and ANS |
| baroreceptor reflex | Hypothalamus and ANS |
| Betz cells | Basic motor pathway |
| blobs | Central visual pathways |
| bony labyrinth | Auditory and vestibular systems |
| Broca's area | Sleep and language |
| C-D | |
| calcarine sulcus | Basic visual pathway |
| caudate nucleus | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| center-surround receptive field | Eye and retina |
| chorea | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| ciliary body | Eye and retina |
| Clarke's nucleus | Somatosensory pathways from body |
| claustrum | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| climbing fibers | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| cochlea | Auditory and vestibular systems |
| cochlear nucleus | Auditory and vestibular systems |
| corpus callosum | Coronal and horizontal sections |
| corticospinal tract | Basic motor pathway |
| cuneate nucleus/tract | Basic somatosensory pathway |
| cytochrome oxidase | Central visual pathways |
| decerebrate | Spinal motor structures |
| decorticate | Spinal motor structures |
| decussation of pyramids | Basic motor pathway |
| dentate gyrus | Medial temporal lobe |
| dentate nucleus | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| discriminative touch | Basic somatosensory pathway |
| dorsal columns | Basic somatosensory pathway |
| dorsal horn | Spinal motor structures |
| dorsal nucleus of the vagus | Brainstem nuclei of cranial nerves |
| dorsal root ganglion | Spinal motor structures |
| E-F | |
| Edinger-Westphal nucleus | Brainstem nuclei of cranial nerves |
| EEG | Sleep and language |
| endocrine glands | Hypothalamus and ANS |
| endorphins | Somatosensory pathways from body |
| entorhinal cortex | Medial temporal lobe |
| entorhinal cortex | Medial temporal lobe |
| eyeball | Eye and retina |
| facial nucleus | Brainstem nuclei of cranial nerves |
| fastigial nucleus | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| fornix | Medial temporal lobe |
| fovea | Eye and retina |
| G-H | |
| gamma-motor neuron | Spinal motor structures |
| globus pallidus | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| glossopharyngeal nucleus | Brainstem nuclei of cranial nerves |
| Golgi tendon organ | Spinal motor structures |
| gracile | Basic somatosensory pathway |
| hair cells | Auditory and vestibular systems |
| hemiplegia | Basic motor pathway |
| hippocampus | Medial temporal lobe |
| homeostasis | Hypothalamus and ANS |
| Huntington's disease | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| hyperreflexia | Spinal motor structures |
| hypoglossal nucleus | Brainstem nuclei of cranial nerves |
| I-J | |
| inferior colliculus | Auditory and vestibular systems |
| intermediolateral column | Spinal motor structures |
| interposed nucleus | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| ischemia | Medial temporal lobe |
| K-L | |
| lateral cuneate nucleus | Somatosensory pathways from body |
| lateral geniculate nucleus | Central visual pathways |
| lateral lemniscus | Auditory and vestibular systems |
| lens accommodation | Eye and retina |
| leptin | Hypothalamus and ANS |
| lesions, visual field | Central visual pathways |
| Lissauer's tract | Somatosensory pathways from body |
| M-N | |
| main sensory nucleus of V | Somatosensory pathways from face |
| medial geniculate nucleus | Auditory and vestibular systems |
| membranous labyrinth | Auditory and vestibular systems |
| memory | Medial temporal lobe |
| mesencephalic nucleus | Somatosensory pathways from face |
| Meyer's loop | Basic visual pathways |
| mitral cells | Medial temporal lobe |
| mossy fibers | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| motor nucleus of V | Somatosensory pathways from face |
| muscle spindle | Spinal motor structures |
| nucleus accumbens | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| nucleus ambiguus | Brainstem nuclei of cranial nerves |
| nucleus proprius | Somatosensory pathways from body |
| O-P | |
| ocular dominance stripes | Central visual pathways |
| oculomotor nucleus | Brainstem nuclei of cranial nerves |
| olfactory system | Medial temporal lobe |
| optic chiasm | Central visual pathways |
| optic tract | Central visual pathways |
| organ of Corti | Auditory and vestibular systems |
| pain and temperature system | Somatosensory pathways from body |
| parallel fibers | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| parasympathetic nervous system | Hypothalamus and ANS |
| Parkinson's disease | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| photoreceptors | Eye and retina |
| pituitary | Hypothalamus and ANS |
| posterior columns | Basic somatosensory pathway |
| precentral gyrus | Basic motor pathway |
| pupillary light reflex | Central visual pathways |
| pupillary muscles | Eye and retina |
| Purkinje cell | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| putamen | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| pyramidal tracts | Basic motor pathway |
| Q-R | |
| referred pain | Hypothalamus and ANS |
| REM sleep | Sleep and language |
| reticular nucleus | Sleep and language |
| reticulospinal tract | Spinal motor structures |
| S-T | |
| saccule | Auditory and vestibular systems |
| salivatory nucleus | Brainstem nuclei of cranial nerves |
| Schaeffer collaterals | Medial temporal lobe |
| semicircular canals | Auditory and vestibular systems |
| solitary nucleus | Brainstem nuclei of cranial nerves |
| spinal cord | Spinal motor structures |
| spinal nucleus of V | Somatosensory pathways from face |
| spinal tract of V | Somatosensory pathways from face |
| spinocerebellar tract | Somatosensory pathways from body |
| spinothalamic tract | Somatosensory pathways from body |
| stretch reflex | Spinal motor structures |
| striate cortex | Central visual pathways |
| striatum | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| subiculum | Medial temporal lobe |
| substantia gelatinosa | Somatosensory pathways from body |
| substantia nigra | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| subthalamic nucleus | Basal ganglia and cerebellum |
| superior olive | Auditory and vestibular systems |
| suprachiasmatic nucleus | Hypothalamus and ANS |
| supraoptic nucleus | Hypothalamus and ANS |
| sympathetic nervous system | Hypothalamus and ANS |
| taste | Brainstem nuclei of cranial nerves |
| tectospinal tract | Spinal motor structures |
| thalamus | Coronal and horizontal sections |
| trigeminal nuclei | Brainstem nuclei of cranial nerves |
| trochlear nucleus | Brainstem nuclei of cranial nerves |
| U-V | |
| utricle | Auditory and vestibular systems |
| V1 | Central visual pathways |
| ventral horn | Spinal motor structures |
| vestibular nucleus | Brainstem nuclei of cranial nerves |
| vestibule | Auditory and vestibular systems |
| vestibulospinal tract | Spinal motor structures |
| visual fields | Basic visual pathway |
| visual receptive fields | Central visual pathways |
| VOR | Auditory and vestibular systems |
| W-X-Y-Z | |
| Wernicke's area | Sleep and language |