a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries | that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord |
one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid | mental ability |
| that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason |
| the brain of certain animals used as meat |
| someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality |