All glossaries
Nervous System & Support Structures
The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system connects them to the rest of the body, carrying information in both directions. This section looks at how that larger system is organized and what keeps it working. It covers the fibers connecting brain regions, the fluid and protective membranes around nervous tissue, and structures such as the blood-brain barrier that help regulate what reaches the brain from the bloodstream.
Definitions
- Autonomic Nervous System
- Basilar Artery
- Blood Brain Barrier
- Brainstem
- Central Nervous System
- Central Sulcus
- Cerebellum
- Cerebral cortex
- Cerebrospinal Fluid
- Cerebrum
- Commissural Fibers
- Corpus Callosum
- Diencephalon
- Dorsal Root Ganglion
- Gray matter
- Gyrus
- Medulla
- Meninges
- Midbrain
- Peripheral Nervous System
- Pons
- Reticular Formation
- Sulcus
- Vagus Nerve
- Ventricular System
- Vestibular System
- White matter