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Cerebral palsy — Classification and external resources … Wikipedia
cerebral death — noun death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops • Syn: ↑brain death • Hypernyms: ↑death * * * cerebral death see ↑brain death under ↑brain • •… … Useful english dictionary
Nemertea — For the Romanian village that bears this name, see Gura Teghii. Nemertea … Wikipedia
frons — n.; pl. frontes [L. frons, fore part of anything, face] 1. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The head sclerite bounded by the postfrontal suture dorsally and the epistomal suture ventrally; the frons is delimited in various ways by different authors and in… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
nervous system — Anat., Zool. 1. the system of nerves and nerve centers in an animal or human, including the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia. 2. a particular part of this system. Cf. autonomic nervous system, central nervous system, peripheral nervous… … Universalium
ear, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction organ of hearing and equilibrium that detects and analyzes noises by transduction (or the conversion of sound waves into electrochemical impulses) and maintains the sense of balance (equilibrium). The human ear, like … Universalium
Brain — This article is about the brains of all types of animals, including humans. For information specific to the human brain, see Human brain. For other uses, see Brain (disambiguation). A chimpanzee brain The brain is … Wikipedia
Selfish Brain Theory — The “Selfish Brain” theory describes the characteristic of the human brain to cover its own, comparably high energy requirements with the utmost of priorities when regulating energy fluxes in the organism. The brain behaves selfishly in this… … Wikipedia
endocrine system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction group of ductless glands (gland) that regulate body processes by secreting chemical substances called hormones (hormone). Hormones act on nearby tissues or are carried in the bloodstream to act on specific target organs… … Universalium
