Term: reticular formation: 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
Broader: network: an interconnected system of things or people | Unrelated: indelicacy: an impolite act or expression
Broader: network: an interconnected system of things or people | Unrelated: screech owl: small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle
Broader: network: an interconnected system of things or people | Unrelated: benefit: a performance to raise money for a charitable cause
Broader: network: an interconnected system of things or people | Unrelated: reflex: an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
Broader: network: an interconnected system of things or people | Unrelated: carpal bone: any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates
Broader: network: an interconnected system of things or people | Unrelated: taste: the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
Broader: network: an interconnected system of things or people | Unrelated: obsessiveness: extreme compulsiveness
Broader: network: an interconnected system of things or people | Unrelated: cymbal: a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together
Broader: network: an interconnected system of things or people | Unrelated: reuptake: a process of using up or consuming again
Broader: network: an interconnected system of things or people | Unrelated: electrostatic precipitation: a process that removes suspended dust particles from a gas by applying a high voltage electrostatic charge to the particles and collecting them on charged plates