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Brain anatomy: The study of the brain's structures. ^[e]

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Brain [r]: The core unit of a central nervous system. ^[e]
Anatomy [r]: The branch of morphology given to the study of the structure of members of the biological kingdom Animalia (animals). ^[e]

Grey matter [r]: A subset of brain tissue that contains few myelinated axons but the somas of nerve cells, as well as glia and endothelial structures. ^[e]
White matter [r]: A subset of brain tissue whose volume is dominated by myelinated axons of nerve cells. ^[e]
Cerebral cortex [r]: External tissue layer within the vertebrate brain, ensheathed by the pia mater; home to the nerve cell bodies; important in learning and dementia. ^[e]
Cortical thickness [r]: The combined thickness of the cerebral cortex layers. ^[e]
Cortical connectivity [r]: The degree to which different subunits of the cerebral cortex are linked to each other via nerve fibres. ^[e]
Basal ganglia [r]: A cluster of nerve cell bodies at the base of the forebrain in vertebrates. ^[e]
Brain stem [r]: Add brief definition or description
Pons [r]: Add brief definition or description
Red nucleus [r]: Structure in the rostral midbrain involved in motor coordination, which comprises a caudal magnocellular and a rostral parvocellular part. ^[e]

Brain development [r]: The build-up of the brain from ectodermal cells to a complex structure of neurons, glia and blood vessels. ^[e]
Brain evolution [r]: The process by which the central nervous system changed over many generations. ^[e]
Brain morphometry [r]: The quantitative study of structures in the brain, their differences between individuals, correlations with brain function, and changes of these characteristics over time. ^[e]
Brain size [r]: Umbrella term for various measures of how big a brain is. ^[e]
Gyrification [r]: The folding process during brain development, or the extent of folding. ^[e]