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* '''4th ventricle''' - a fluid-filled space formed from neural tube lumen, located within the rhombencephalon (from the primary vesicle, hindbrain). | * '''4th ventricle''' - a fluid-filled space formed from neural tube lumen, located within the rhombencephalon (from the primary vesicle, hindbrain). | ||
* '''adenohypophysis''' - (anterior pituitary) = 3 parts pars distalis, pars intermedia, pars tuberalis. | * '''adenohypophysis''' - (anterior pituitary) = 3 parts pars distalis, pars intermedia, pars tuberalis. | ||
* '''afferent''' - refers to the direction of conduction from the periphery toward the central nervous system. Efferent is in the opposite direction. | |||
* '''alar plate''' - afferent, dorsal horns | * '''alar plate''' - afferent, dorsal horns | ||
* '''anlage''' - (German = primordium, structure or cells which will form a future structure. | * '''anlage''' - (German = primordium, structure or cells which will form a future structure. | ||
* '''arachnoid''' - (G.) spider web-like used in reference to the middle layer of the brain meninges, the arachnoid mater. | * '''arachnoid''' - (G.) spider web-like used in reference to the middle layer of the brain {{meninges}}, the arachnoid mater. | ||
* '''astrocytes''' - cells named by their "star-like" branching appearance, are the most abundant glial cells in the brain, important for the blood-brain barrier. | * '''astrocytes''' - cells named by their "star-like" branching appearance, are the most abundant glial cells in the brain, important for the blood-brain barrier. | ||
* '''basal ganglia''' - (basal nuclei) neural structure derived from the secondary vesicle telencephalon (endbrain) structure from the earlier primary vesicle prosencephalon (forebrain) | * '''basal ganglia''' - (basal nuclei) neural structure derived from the secondary vesicle telencephalon (endbrain) structure from the earlier primary vesicle prosencephalon (forebrain) | ||
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* '''dura mater'''- "tough" (Latin, ''mater'' = mother) | * '''dura mater'''- "tough" (Latin, ''mater'' = mother) | ||
* '''ectoderm''' - the germ layer which form the nervous system from the neural tube and neural crest. | * '''ectoderm''' - the germ layer which form the nervous system from the neural tube and neural crest. | ||
* '''efferent''' - refers to the direction of conduction from the central nervous system toward the periphery. Afferent is in the opposite direction. | |||
* '''ependyma''' - epithelia of remnant cells after neurons and glia have been generated and left the ventricular zone | * '''ependyma''' - epithelia of remnant cells after neurons and glia have been generated and left the ventricular zone | ||
* '''floorplate''' - early forming thin region of neural tube closest to the notochord. | * '''floorplate''' - early forming thin region of neural tube closest to the notochord. |
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