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A nevus of dilated capillary vessels elevated above the skin. It is usually treated by ligature and excision.  

A neuron whose axon crosses to the opposite side of the brain or spinal cord.  

A neuron confined entirely to the central nervous system.  

The branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of people With diseases of the nervous system.  

A mass of epithelial cells set apart from surrounding cells by connective tissue.  

A mass of cells extending from a common center seen in cancerous growths.  

A nerve fiber that passes from one cerebral hemisphere to the other.  

A small branch extending at a right angle from an axon.  

Afferent nerve fibers entering the cortex and synapsing with dendrites of Purkinje cells.  

A nerve fiber that releases acetylcholine at its synapse when an impulse is transmitted. Sympathetic and parasympathetic preganglionic fibers, parasympathetic postganglionic fibers, and efferent somatic fibers ending in skeletal muscle are cholinergic.