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