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Compare and Contrast the Functions of the Left and Right

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Compare and contrast the functions of the left and right hemispheres of the cerebral cortex. What role does the corpus callosum play in this functioning? Finally, what were the reasons for, and results of, split-brain operations?


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Cellular Activities

The various processes and functions carried out by cells, including energy production, growth, division, and response to external signals.

Anaphase

Time during cell division when chromatids divide (or, in the case of first meiosis, when the chromosome pairs divide).

Telophase

Time during cell division when the chromosomes are pulled by spindle fibers away from the cell equator and into the two halves of the dividing cell.

Prophase

First stage in cell division when chromatin strands condense to form chromosomes.

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