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What are the four major subdivisions of the brain?
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Brain stem, cerebellum, cerebral hemispheres, diencephalon
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What contains cerebrospinal fluid?
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The ventricles
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What are masses of gray matter embedded deep within the cerebral white matter?
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Basal nuclei
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What are myelinated fiber tracts?
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White matter
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What consists of midbrain, pons, and medulla?
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Brain stem
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What separates the lateral ventricles?
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Septum pellucidum
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What is a thin layer of gray matter on outer surface of cerebral hemispheresn and cerebellum called?
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Cortex
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What accounts for more than 60% of the total brain weight?
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Cerebral hemispheres
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What consists of the hypothalamus, thalamus, and epithalamus?
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Diencephalon
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What is a slight and transient brain injury called?
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Concussion
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A traumatic injury that destroys brain tissue is called?
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Contussion
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Total nonresponsiveness to stimulation is called?
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Coma
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What may cause medulla oblongata to be wedged into foramen magnum by pressure of blood?
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Intracranial hemorrhage
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After head injury, retention of water by brain is called?
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Cerebral edema
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What results when a brain region is deprived of blood or exposed to prolonged ischemia, probably reflects excessive no release?
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Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
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