Psychology Midterm Review (Chp. 3)

A locking key magnicism

Mode up of nerves that connect to the heart, blood vessels, smooth muscle and glands

A long, thin fiber that transmits signals away from thw soma to other neurons or to muscles or glands

Production of sleep

Comprehension of language

Structure that coordinates fine muscle movement and balance
- Below the back of the cerebrum

Responsible for sensing, thinking, learning, emotion, consciousness and voluntary movement

Bridge of the fibers passing information between the two cerebral hemispheres

The branching structure of a neuron that receives messages (attached to the cell body)

A group of glands that secrete chemicals into the bloodstream that help control bodily functions

Includes the cerebellum, medulla and pons

Part of the limbic system involved in learning and memory

Chemical substances released by the endocrine glands

Are stored for subsequent release as chemical messengers, and once released, they diffuse through the bloodstream and blind to special receptors on target cells.

A loosely connected network of structure located roughly along the boarder between the cerebral cortex and deeper subcortical areas

Responsible for regulating largely unconscious functions such as breathing and circulation

The loss of muscle control seen with disease _____ is due to degeneration of myelin sheaths

Neurotransmitters in Monoamines

Included the area that registers the sense of touch, called primary somatosensory cortex

"Master" gland that regulates other endocrine glands

Involved in sleep and arousal

Controls left hand, where sounds presented to the left ear are registered more quickly