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| 4865907625 | cerebral cortex | intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells covering the cerebral hemispheres; the body's ultimate control & information processing center |  | 0 |
| 4865907626 | glial cells | cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons | 1 | |
| 4865909218 | frontal lobes | portion of the cerebral cortex lying just behind the forehead; involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgments | 2 | |
| 4865909219 | parietal lobes | portion of the cerebral cortex lying at top of head and toward rear; receives sensory input for touch and body position |  | 3 |
| 4865911238 | occipital lobes | portion of cerebral cortex lying at back of head; includes areas that receive information from visual fields | | 4 |
| 4865911239 | temporal lobes | portion of cerebral cortex lying roughly above ears; includes auditory areas, each receiving information primarily from opposite ear | | 5 |
| 4865913906 | motor cortex | area near the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements |  | 6 |
| 4865913907 | sensory cortex | area at the front of the parietal lobes that registers and processes body movement sensations |  | 7 |
| 4865916622 | association areas | areas of cerebral cortex that aren't involved in primary motor/sensory functions; involved in higher mental functions (learning, remembering, thinking, speaking) | 8 | |
| 4865916623 | plasticity | brains ability to change, especially during childhood, by reorganizing after damage, building new pathways based on experience | 9 | |
| 4865918134 | neurogenesis | formation of new neurons | 10 | |
| 4865921806 | corpus callosum | large band of neural fibers connecting the 2 large brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them |  | 11 |
| 4865926396 | split brain | condition resulting from surgery that isolates brain's two hemispheres by cutting fibers (mainly those of corpus callosum) connecting them | 12 |
