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| The Brain Is Made Up Of ____ Billion Neruons. |
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| Neurons are surround by a _____ |
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| What is inside a neuron in which contains genes? |
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| Neurons Also Contain ____ _____ & other _______. |
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| Cytoplasm, Mitochondria, & other Organelles. |
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| Dendrites bring information where? |
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| How Do Neurons Communicate With Eachother? |
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| Through an Electrochemical Process. |
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| Neurons form specialized connections called ___ and produce special chemicals called ____. |
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Neurons form specialized connections called synapse and produce special chemicals called neurotransmitters.
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| The Part of the Neuron that releases neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft is the _______. |
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| _____ is the fatty material surrounding axons. |
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| the ____ takes information away from the cell body. |
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| The Gaps In The Myelin Sheath |
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| This part of the neuron contains the nucleus. |
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| Takes Information TO the cell body. |
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| The Organelle In Neuron That Contains Genetic Material. |
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| What Is The Definition of "Neuroanatomy" |
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| The structure of the nervous system and it's functions. |
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| These are the two systems that divides the 'Nervous System' |
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| Central Nervous System & Peripheral Nervous System |
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| The CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM Is Divided Into These Two Parts: |
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| What Are Support Cells Called? |
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| The PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM is divided into three parts: |
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| Somatic, Autonomic, and Enteric. |
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| The SOMATIC nervous system has nerve fibers that send info to the ___ nervous system and motor fibers that get sent to _______. |
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| Central Nervous System, Skeletal Muscles. |
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| The AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM is divided into these three parts: |
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| Sympathetic, Parasympathetic, and Enteric. |
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| The AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM controls: |
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| smooth muscles, internal organs, and glands. |
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| The ENTERIC nervous system is a meshwork of nerve fibers that helps with: |
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| The GI Tract, Pancreas, and Gall Bladder. |
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| The Word CORTEX comes from the latin word ___. |
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| a sheet of tissue that makes up the outer layer of the brain. |
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| The Thickness of the cerebral cortex varies from: |
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| The thick band of nerve fibers connecting the cerebral cortex is: |
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| The Four Lobes of the Brain Are: |
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| Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital |
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| The Parietal Lobe Controls: |
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| Touch, Pressure, Temperature, Pain |
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| The Occipital Lobe Controls: |
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| The Frontal Lobe Controls: |
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| Reasoning, Planning, Speech, Emotions. |
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| The Temporal Lobe Controls: |
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| How Many Neurons Are In The Average Brain? |
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| The have dendrites and axons, they communicate with eachother through electrochemical processes, and they contain specialized structures. |
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| Nucleus, Neucleolus, Nissl Bodies, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Apparatus, Microfilaments/Neurotubles, Mitrochondria. |
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| How Many Different Basic Neural Speeds are there? |
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| What defensive weapon do spiders, snakes, scorpions and some bees have in common? |
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| They all have neurotoxins for defense. |
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| what would happen to your behavior if your glia stopped functioning? |
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| your entire nervous system would change. it would not function as normal. |
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| In which year did Phineas Gages' accident take place? |
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| How thick was the rod that impacted Phineas Gages' skull? |
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| Did the rod injure Phineas Gages' Eye? |
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| Although Phineas Gage recovered physically, what changed? |
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| How long after the accident did Phineas pass away? |
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| Where is Phineas' skull today? |
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| Warren Medical Museum at Harvard University. |
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| The part of Phineas' brain that was most damaged? |
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| His Frontal Lobe, which controls social behavior and personality. |
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| How Long was the tamping rod, and how much did it weigh? |
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Length: 3ft 7in
Weight: 13.5lbs |
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| How long did it take Phineas to recover? |
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| 10 Weeks in the Hospital. |
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| Some Examples of the Descriptions that describe the 'new' Phineas: |
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| Fitful, Irrelevant, Impatient, and Obstinate |
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| Phineas was not hired back to his old job after the accident because: |
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| of his changed personality. |
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| How many different stages of sleep are there? |
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| What percentage of people dream in color? |
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| What is the machine called in which doctors record brain activity while you sleep? |
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