Sunday, March 6, 2011

Words to Explain the Brain

Blog #6
Suzanne C..
Vocabulary/Concept Vitalizer
pages 168-204

1.  Lateralization-noun- : localization of function or activity on one side of the body in preference to the other 
                                       (Page 168) 
2.  Antithetical-adj.-  1.  constituting or marked by antithesis
                                 2.  being in direct and unequivocal opposition (p.177)
 
3.  Edify-verb-  to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge 
                         Synonyms: enlighten, uplift, inform (Page 178)

4.  Aural-adj.-  of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing (Page 181)

5.  Hippocampal- adj.- relating to the hippocampus a curved elongated ridge that extends over the floor of the descending horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain, that consists of gray matter covered on the ventricular surface with white matter, and that is involved in forming, storing, and processing memory (Page 196)
 
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Retrieved from  http://www.merriam-webster.com/

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