English > neural structure: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | A structure that is part of the nervous system. |
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| Narrower | autonomic nervous system, ANS | The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands |
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| brain, encephalon | That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers |
| brainstem, brain-stem, brain stem | The part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus |
| center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre | A cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process |
| cerebellar hemisphere | Either of two lateral lobes of the cerebellum |
| cerebellum | A major division of the vertebrate brain |
| cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium, cortex | The layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum |
| cerebrum | anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres |
| cingulate gyrus, gyrus cinguli | A long curved structure on the medial surface of the cerebral hemispheres |
| diencephalon, interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalon | The posterior division of the forebrain |
| forebrain, prosencephalon | The anterior portion of the brain |
| ganglion | An encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons |
| geniculate body | One of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centers on the way to the cerebral cortex |
| hemisphere, cerebral hemisphere | Either half of the cerebrum |
| hindbrain, rhombencephalon | The posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem |
| hippocampus | A complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle |
| hypothalamus | A basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system |
| limbic system, visceral brain, limbic brain | A system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior |
| mamillary body, mammillary body, corpus mamillare | One of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix |
| medulla oblongata, medulla, bulb | Lower or hindmost part of the brain |
| midbrain, mesencephalon | The middle portion of the brain |
| myelencephalon | The posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates |
| neencephalon, neoencephalon | The part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin |
| nucleus | Any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord |
| olfactory bulb | One of two enlargements at the terminus of the olfactory nerve at the base of the brain just above the nasal cavities |
| paleencephalon, paleoencephalon, palaeencephalon | The more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically |
| paleocerebellum | The anterior lobe of the cerebellum which was one of the earliest parts of the hindbrain to develop in mammals |
| pons, pons Varolii | A band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain |
| pyriform area, piriform area, pyriform lobe, piriform lobe | pear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalon |
| radiation | A radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain |
| reflex arc | The neural / neural path of a reflex |
| spinal cord, medulla spinalis | A major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain |
| substantia nigra, nucleus niger, locus niger | A layer of deeply pigmented grey matter in the midbrain |
| subthalamus | The ventral part of the thalamus |
| telencephalon | The anterior division of the forebrain |
| thalamus | large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon |
| vermis, vermis cerebelli | The narrow central part of the cerebellum between the two hemispheres |
| Broader | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure | A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing |
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| Spanish | estructura neurológica |
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| Catalan | estructura neurològica |
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