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Instead of clearly defined neuromuscular junctions, the ANS has multiple swellings along the length of the axons called __________________ where neurotransmitters are released.

Identify the brain structure indicated by the red arrow:

One of the most important brain structures for declarative (facts, events) memory is the:

Which cranial nerve lies most anterior?

Broca’s area (motor speech) and Wernicke’s area (sensory speech) are both localized in the right hemisphere of the brain.

This is the only cranial nerve (red arrow in image below) to leave the head/neck region and travel down to innervate most of the thoracic and abdominopelvic organs.  

The imaging technique displayed below is a(n) __________________.

The cranial nerve that controls motor impulses to the muscles of the eye is the _______________ nerve.  

The scan displayed below is a(n) __________________ and is the most common imaging technique for locating injury or trauma to the central nervous system.  

The thin, wrinkly tan-colored membrane shown in the picture below contains all of the photoreceptors.  It’s called the: