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| The body's electrochemical communication circuitry |
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| The brain's special capacity for change |
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| Sensory nerves. Nerves that carry information about the external environment to the brain and spinal cord via sensory receptors |
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| Motor nerves. Nerves that carry information out of the brain and spinal chord to other areas of the body. |
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| Peripheral Nervous System |
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| Network of nerves that connects the brain and spinal chord to other parts of the body |
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| Body system consisting of the sensory nerves whose function is to convey info from the skin and muscles to the CNS about conditions such as pain and temperature. |
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| The body system that takes messages to and from the body's internal organs. It monitors such processes as breathing, heart and digestion. |
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| Sympathetic Nervous System |
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| Part of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body |
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| Parasympathetic Nervous System |
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| The part of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body. |
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| One of two types of nervous system cells. Neurons handle the information processing function. |
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| provide support for neurons, nutritional benefits and other functions and keep neurons running smoothly |
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| An inactive neuron, the voltage between the inside and outside of the axon wall |
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| The brief wave of positive electrical charge that sweeps down the axon. |
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| Once the electrical impulse reaches a certain level of intensity it fires and moves all the way down the axon without losing any intensity |
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| Tiny spaces between between neurons. the gaps between neurons are referred to as synaptic gaps. |
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| Chemical substances that are stored in very tiny sacs within the terminal buttons and involved in transmitting information across a synaptic gap |
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| It stimulates the firing of neurons and is involved in muscle action, learning and memory |
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| It inhibits many neurons from firing |
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| Excites neurons involved in learning and memory. Too much overstimulates the brain |
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| inhibits the firing of neurons in the CNS but excites the heart muscle. Too little is associated with depression, too much triggers agitated states. |
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| Helps control voluntary movement and affects sleep, mood, and learning. Stimulant drugs increase motor activity by activating dopamine. |
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| Regulation of sleep, mood and attention. Prozac works by slowing down the reuptake of serotonin into terminal buttons. |
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| Natural opiates. They depress the body from pain and elevate feelings of pleasure. |
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| Neurotransmitter that plays an important role in love and social bonding. Released during orgasm. |
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| Located at the skull's rear the lowest portion of the brain. It consists of the medulla, cerebellum, and pons. |
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| Stemlike brain area that includes much of the hindbrain and the midbrain. It connects the spinal cord at its lower end and then extends upward to encas the reticular formation in the midbrain |
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| located between hindbrain and forebrain. Many nerve fiber systems ascend and descend to connect to the higher and lower portions of the brain. The midbrain relays info between brain and eyes and ears |
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| A system in the midbrain compromising a diffuse collection of neurons involved in stereotyped patterns of behavior such as walking sleeping and turning to attend to a sudden noise. |
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| Brain's largest division and its most forward part. |
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| Loosely connected network of structures under the cerebral cortex, important in both emory and emotion . The two principle structures are the amygdala and hippocampus |
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| Almond shaped structure within the base of the temporal lobe that is involved in the discrimination of objects that are necessary for the organism's survival. |
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| It inhibits many neurons from firing |
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| Excites neurons involved in learning and memory. Too much overstimulates the brain |
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| inhibits the firing of neurons in the CNS but excites the heart muscle. Too little is associated with depression, too much triggers agitated states. |
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| Helps control voluntary movement and affects sleep, mood, and learning. Stimulant drugs increase motor activity by activating dopamine. |
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| Regulation of sleep, mood and attention. Prozac works by slowing down the reuptake of serotonin into terminal buttons. |
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| Natural opiates. They depress the body from pain and elevate feelings of pleasure. |
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| Neurotransmitter that plays an important role in love and social bonding. Released during orgasm. |
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| Located at the skull's rear the lowest portion of the brain. It consists of the medulla, cerebellum, and pons. |
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| Stemlike brain area that includes much of the hindbrain and the midbrain. It connects the spinal cord at its lower end and then extends upward to encas the reticular formation in the midbrain |
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| located between hindbrain and forebrain. Many nerve fiber systems ascend and descend to connect to the higher and lower portions of the brain. The midbrain relays info between brain and eyes and ears |
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| A system in the midbrain compromising a diffuse collection of neurons involved in stereotyped patterns of behavior such as walking sleeping and turning to attend to a sudden noise. |
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| Brain's largest division and its most forward part. |
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| Loosely connected network of structures under the cerebral cortex, important in both emory and emotion . The two principle structures are the amygdala and hippocampus |
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| Almond shaped structure within the base of the temporal lobe that is involved in the discrimination of objects that are necessary for the organism's survival. |
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| The structure in the limbic system that has a special role in the storage of memories. |
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| Forebrain structure that sits at the top of the brain stem in the brain's central core and serves as an important relay station |
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| Large neuron clusters located above the thalamus and under the cerebral cortex that work with the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex to control and coordinate voluntary movements |
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| A small forebrain structure, located just below the thalamus that monitors three pleasurable activities-eating, drinking, and sex. as well as emotion |
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| Part of the Forebrain. Outer layer of the brain. Responsible for most complex mental functions such as thinking and plannings |
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| outermost part of the cerebral cortex making up 80 percent of the human brain. |
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| Structures located at the back of the head that respond to visual stimuli |
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| Structures in the cerebral cortex that are located just above the ears and are involved in hearing, language processing and memory |
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| The portion of the cerebral cortex behind the forehead, involved in personality, intelligence and control of voluntary muscles. |
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| Structures at the top and toward the rear of the head that are involved in registering spatial location, attention, and motor control. |
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| A region in the cerebral cortex that processes information about body sensations, located at the front of the parietal lobes |
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| A region in the cerebral cortex that processes information about voluntary movement, located just behind the frontal lobes. |
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| Sometimes called association areas, the region of the cerebral cortex that is the site of the highest intellectual functions such as thinking and problem solving. |
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| The large bundle of axons that connects the brains 2 hemispheres. It relays info between the two sides. |
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| Chemical messengers that are produced by the endocrine glands and carried by the bloodstream to all parts of the body |
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| A pea sized gland just beneath the hypothalamus that controls growth and regulates other glands |
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| Glands at the top of each kidney that are responsible for regulating moods and help deal with stress. |
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| A dual purpose gland under the stomach that performs both digestive and endocrine functions |
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| The responses of individuals to environmental stressors |
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| Circumstances and events that threaten individuals and tax their coping abilities and that cause physiological changes to ready the body to handle the assault of stress. |
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