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Receives information from other neurons
Dendrite
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Integrates incoming information from dendrites, absorbs nutrients, and produces proteins necessary for the functioning of the neuron
Cell body
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Transmits messages from one hemisphere to the other
Corpus Callosum
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Electrochemical impulse that travels down the axon
Action Potentional
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Interprets bodily sensations
Parietal Lobes
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Involved in emotions, drives, and memory
Limbic system
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Controls automatic functions like the heartbeat
Brainstem
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Thin surface layer on the cerebral hemisphere
Cerebral Cortex
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Provides structural, nutritional and other support for neurons
Glial Cells
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A long, tube like structure that conveys impulses away from the neuron's cell body toward other neurons or to muscles and glands
Axon
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George has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and has trouble walking because of his poor muscle coordination. His coordination problem is primarily due to the progressive deterioration of the...
Myelin
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The principle whereby an axon either fires or does not fire an action potential is called....
All-or-none law
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Where information transfers from neuron to neuron
Synapse
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Chemical messengers that are secreted into the synapse are called...
Neurotransmitters
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The neurotransmitter that is a suspected factor in Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia
Dopamine
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Manufactured by endocrine glands and circulated in the bloodstream to produce bodily changes or maintain normal bodily functions
Hormones
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Neurotransmission at the synapse is similar to making an individual phone call. In contrast messages from this same system resemble a very large group email message...
Endocrine system
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The major divisions of the central nervous system are...
(2)
Brain and spinal cord
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Consists of all the nerves that connect to sensory receptors and control skeletal muscles
Somatic Nervous System
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The parasympathetic and sympathetic are major divisions of what nervous system?
Autonomic Nervous System
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The parasympathetic nervous system is dominant when a person is...
Relaxed
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Damage to the medulla can lead to loss of...
Respiration
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The pons, cerebellum, and the medulla are all parts of the...
Hindbrain
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The frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes make up the
Cerebral Cortex
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If you are accidentally hit on the head and you see flashes of light, most likely the blow activated cells in the...
Occipital lobes
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The brain's ability to reorganize and change its structure and function throughout its life span
Neuroplasticity
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Branching neuron structures that receive neural impulses from neurons and convey impulses toward the cell body are called ...
Dendrites
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An Action Potential is an impulse that travels through a neuron, but what is an Action Potential?
an electrochemical
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Chemical messengers that are released from an axon and stimulate dendrites on another neuron
Neurotransmitters
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Some drugs, called agonists work by doing what to the action of neurotransmitters?
Mimicking
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The sensory and motor nerves that go to and from the central nervous system, body organs, and skeletal muscles make up what nervous system?
Peripheral Nervous System
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Where do reflexes occur?
Spinal Cord
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What system prepares your body to respond to stress?
Sympathetic
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The brainstem is involved with your...
Emotional Behavior
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An interconnected group of lower-level brain structures particularly responsible for emotion is called what?
The Limbic System
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What lobes govern motor control, speech production, and high functions such as thinking, personality, emotion, and memory?
Frontal
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A stroke that damages the Broca's area would affect a person's ability to...
Make speech sounds
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Split Brain Patients have a hard time...
Naming an object if they hold it in their left hand without without looking at it
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The proportion of observed variance in a particular trait that can be attributed to inherited genetic factors in contrst to environmental ones is..
heritability
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