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Centers for education and research on therapeutics
A division of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that directs efforts toward improving patient outcomes by reducing the incidence of medical errors. The program focuses on supporting research and disseminating current information about the appropriate use of therapeutic agents.
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Center for drug evaluation and research
A division of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that reviews and oversees the manufacture of pharmaceuticals distributed to U.S. citizens and provides clinical information about the uses and hazards of drugs.
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Visual center
A center in the occipital lobes of the cerebrum that receives visual information transmitted from the retina.
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Vasoconstrictor center
The center in the medulla oblongata that brings about the constriction of blood vessels.
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Thermoregulatory center
A center in the hypothalamus that regulates heat production and heat loss, especially the latter, so that a normal body temperature is maintained. It is influenced by nerve impulses from cutaneous receptors and by the temperature of the blood flowing through it.
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Sweat center
One of the principal centers controlling perspiration located in the hypothalamus; secondary centers are present in the spinal cord.
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Reflex center
A region within the brain or spinal cord where connections (synapses) are made between afferent and efferent neurons of a reflex arc.
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Psychocortical center
One of the centers of the cerebral cortex concerned with voluntary muscular contractions.
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Pneumotaxic center
The center in the pons that rhythmically inhibits inspiration.
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Ossification center
The site or sites in bones where calcification begins and bone replaces fibrous connective tissue or cartilage. The region of bone formation at the center of the body of a long bone is called the primary (diaphyseal) ossification center. Most secondary ossification centers are found in the epiphyses.
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