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Brain Terminology
Match the parts of the brain with their definitions.
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| right hemisphere | controls left side of the body |
| left hemisphere | controls the right side of the body |
| corpus collosum | connects the right and left hemispheres |
| thalamus | switchboard |
| hypothalamus | feelings |
| brain stem | controls the automatic body functions |
| cerebellum | controls motor activities |
| cerebrum | thinking, speaking, senses, memory, dreams |
| spinal cord | pathway for messages from the brain to the body |
| cortex | thin, wrinkly cover of the cerebrum |
| neurons | nerve cells of the brain |
| dendrites | receives messages |
| axons | sends messages |
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