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RETICULAR FORMATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone
Synonyms:
reticular formation; RF
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("reticular formation" is a kind of...):
neural net; neural network (any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body)
Meronyms (parts of "reticular formation"):
RAS; reticular activating system (the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function)
Holonyms ("reticular formation" is a part of...):
brain-stem; brain stem; brainstem (the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus)
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