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A collection of specialized cells (neurons) in the head that regulates behavior as well as sensory and motor functions. Neurons grow long threadlike...
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Figure 1. Midsagittal (midline, medial) section through the human brain. (After C. R. Noback, The Human Nervous System, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, 1991)
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Figure 2. Lateral surface view of the cerebral hemisphere. (After C. R. Noback, The Human Nervous System, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, 1991)
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