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Cranial nerve X; senses aortic blood pressure, slows heart rate, stimulates digestive organs, coordinates swallowing and involved in taste and vocalization.

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See coccidiodomycosis.

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Pertaining to blood vessels.

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An automatic mechanical device designed to provide all or part of the work the body must produce to move gas into and out of the lungs for patients who are unable to breathe (e.g. during general anesthesia) or have difficulty breathing.  During general anesthesia, a tube is placed in the patient's windpipe (process called intubation) and connected to the ventilator to supply air to the lungs.  In an anesthesia circuit the bag/bellows on the ventilator are used to determine the size/pressure and rate of breaths and can easily be adjusted depending on patient status.

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Denoting a position toward the front or underside.

Four cerebrospinal fluid filled cavities (paired lateral, third, and fourth ventricles) deep within the brain that communicate with each other, the central canal of the spinal cord and the subarachnoid space; part of the ventricular system.

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brain ; central canal ; cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) ; spinal cord ; subarachnoid space ; ventricular system

The subarachnoid space, the central canal of the spinal cord, the four ventricles of the brain and the mesencephalic aqueduct.

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brain ; central canal ; mesencephalic aqueduct ; spinal cord ; subarachnoid space ; ventricles

The bones of the spine.

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See spinal canal.

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See spine.