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neural structure ThesaurusNoun | 1. | neural structure - a structure that is part of the nervous systemanatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure"corpus mamillare, mamillary body, mammillary body - one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornixganglion - an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neuronsreflex arc - the neural path of a reflexnerve center, nerve centre, center, centre - a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"cerebral hemisphere, hemisphere - either half of the cerebrumpiriform area, piriform lobe, pyriform area, pyriform lobe - pear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalonolfactory bulb - one of two enlargements at the terminus of the olfactory nerve at the base of the brain just above the nasal cavitiesbrain, encephalon - that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cordneencephalon, neoencephalon - the part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin; the cerebral cortex and related partspalaeencephalon, paleencephalon, paleoencephalon - the more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral cortexcerebellum - a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humanscerebellar hemisphere - either of two lateral lobes of the cerebellumvermis, vermis cerebelli - the narrow central part of the cerebellum between the two hemispherespaleocerebellum - the anterior lobe of the cerebellum which was one of the earliest parts of the hindbrain to develop in mammalscerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium - the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrumgeniculate body - one of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centers on the way to the cerebral cortexcerebrum - anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humansmedulla oblongata, medulla, bulb - lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata); "the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning"forebrain, prosencephalon - the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tubehippocampus - a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memoriescingulate gyrus, gyrus cinguli - a long curved structure on the medial surface of the cerebral hemispheres; the cortical part of the limbic systemtelencephalon - the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamusbetweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon - the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalonlimbic brain, limbic system, visceral brain - a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behaviorsubthalamus - the ventral part of the thalamusthalamus - large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalonhypothalamus - a basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous systemmesencephalon, midbrain - the middle portion of the brainlocus niger, nucleus niger, substantia nigra - a layer of deeply pigmented grey matter in the midbrain; associated with the striate body; is involved in metabolic disturbances associated with Parkinson's disease and with Huntington's diseasehindbrain, rhombencephalon - the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstemmyelencephalon - the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adultspons Varolii, pons - a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrainbrain stem, brainstem, brain-stem - the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus |
neural structure
Words related to neural structurenoun a structure that is part of the nervous systemRelated Words- anatomical structure
- bodily structure
- body structure
- complex body part
- structure
- corpus mamillare
- mamillary body
- mammillary body
- ganglion
- reflex arc
- nerve center
- nerve centre
- center
- centre
- cerebral hemisphere
- hemisphere
- piriform area
- piriform lobe
- pyriform area
- pyriform lobe
- olfactory bulb
- brain
- encephalon
- neencephalon
- neoencephalon
- palaeencephalon
- paleencephalon
- paleoencephalon
- cerebellum
- cerebellar hemisphere
- vermis
- vermis cerebelli
- paleocerebellum
- cerebral cortex
- cerebral mantle
- cortex
- pallium
- geniculate body
- cerebrum
- medulla oblongata
- medulla
- bulb
- forebrain
- prosencephalon
- hippocampus
- cingulate gyrus
- gyrus cinguli
- telencephalon
- betweenbrain
- diencephalon
- interbrain
- thalmencephalon
- limbic brain
- limbic system
- visceral brain
- subthalamus
- thalamus
- hypothalamus
- mesencephalon
- midbrain
- locus niger
- nucleus niger
- substantia nigra
- hindbrain
- rhombencephalon
- myelencephalon
- pons Varolii
- pons
- brain stem
- brainstem
- brain-stem
- nucleus
- radiation
- medulla spinalis
- spinal cord
- ANS
- autonomic nervous system
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