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| process info from inside the body and external environment. |
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| nerve cells in nervous system that respond and send signals. Receive, move, & process info. |
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| Brain and spianl cord. Info is sent here from PNS to be moved up the spinal cord to the brain to be processed. "CEO" |
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| Peripheral Nervous System |
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| Nerves not in brain and spinal cord. Collects info to be sent to the CNS. |
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| Sensory nerves and motor nerves. Subdivision of PNS. |
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| Automatic processeses, signals make full circut to process sensory & motor info. Subdivision of PNS. |
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| has a nucleus theat carries DNA; determines how the cell functions |
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| Detect signals. Recieve signals from axons, carry signals to cell body to be interpreted |
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| Carry signals away from cell body to axon terminals |
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| areas @ the end of an axon where neurotransmitters are released |
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| Gap between neurons where neurotransmitters jump from one neuron to another |
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| chemicals transfer info from one neuron to another by jumping across synapse, fits into own receptor |
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| Bubbles where neurotransmitters fit into the recieving dendrite of the next neuron |
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| Where neurotransmitters fit into the receiving dendrite of the next neuron |
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| Insulating protein layer that surrounds the axon to speed up communication and contain electric pulses |
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| Neurons either fire or don't, can only communicate with close neurons, must make full circut |
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| nuerons waste away = muscles waste away; inability to control mvmt. and loss of muscle control |
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| Brain dev. disorder; abnormalities in social interaction, restricted interesy & repetitive behavior |
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| Probs empathizing w/ and imitating others |
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| Immune system slowly destorys Myelin Sheaths. Slows commmunication, progressive & fatal; age 20-40. |
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| Movement. Controls the expansion & contraction of muscles. (Alzheimer's, inability to make new memories, paralysis) |
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| Arousal (excitatory), mood regulation, increases heart rate, contracts bloood vessels, adrenaline. (Depression, can cause burn out) |
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| Affects sleep, mood regualtion, appetite, agression, sexualtiy, impulse. Body makes it from cetain foods, sun, exercise. (Depreddion, SAD,SID) |
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| Motivation, reward, emotional functioning. (Parkison's, Schizophrenia, addictions) |
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| shortage of dopamine. Leads to progressive loss of motor function. |
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| Memory, Learning. Necessary for normal dev. & functioning. (Too much can kills nuerons, loss after stroke, brain tumor, seizures) |
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| Releive pain; produce feelings of well-being & pleasure. Similar to narcotic drugs. |
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| Largest part; highest level of thinking. Emotions, memories, planning, senses. Div. into 2 hemispheres & 8 lobes. |
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| band of fibers in the mid of the brain - connects the 2 hem. |
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| Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, Temporal |
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| memory, intelligence, personality, creativity, emotions |
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| railrad spikes went hrough his brain, case study, allowed us to use diff parts of the brain and how it affects our behavior, verbally and physically agressive after accident. |
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| 2 hemispheres are specialized for processing certain kinds of info. Each hemi controls the opposite 1/2 of the body. |
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| Favor 1 side over the other, we constantly use both (Laterilization & Intergration). |
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| What you should do. (Logic, Analytic Thought, Language, Science, Algebra, Time, Detail-Oriented). |
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| What you want to do. (Intuition, Creativity, Art and Music, Nonverbal, Impulsive, Geometry) |
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| Bottom. Most primitive part; vitals. Incoming siganls reach here first. |
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| Keeps vitals regular (breathing, swallowing, circulation) |
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| "net" work of fibers (neurons); arousal & attention. |
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| Basic motor activities; coordination (posture, speech patterns, timing). |
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| Center. Integrates mvmt. w/ sensory info & relays it up to the rest of the brain. Pathway to cerebal hemis; audio & visual reflexes. |
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| Top. Most complex aspects. |
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| Relay station; messages to & from parts of the brain; filters stimuli |
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| "Pleasure center"; regulates hunger, thirst, sex drive,& controls rage. |
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| Regulate emotion & form LT memories |
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| Pay attn., orginization, decision making, judgement, prediction; mature around 25 |
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| Seperate 2 hem. of cerebrum by cutting the corpus callosum. Creates 2 independently functioning cerebrums. (Lessens severity/frequency of epileptic seizures) |
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| Bulging artery that can rupture. Causes are genetics, smoking, blood pressure, gender (more females), ethnicity. |
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| Blockage of a blood vessel kills brain tissue. Impaired abilities depend on where it happens in the brain. 3rd leading COD in U.S. |
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| Ability of the brain to adapt itself after trauma, alteration, or disease. Strenghthen nueral connections at synapses and est. new ones. Most brain power at birth and childhood b/c of more neurons. |
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| Brain cuts some neural connections & kills some neurons. Neurons w/o connection cant' be found. Connections that remain are better than before. Ones cut (Genetics & experiences). |
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| Before birth & late teens |
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| NS's partner in controlling & coordinating the body's function. Organ in endocrine (glands) release hormones (chemical messagers) into the bloodstream. (Growth, physical dev., adrenaline, moods, energy, metabolism) |
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| Sensory & surveillance system. Detects and destroys unwated cells and foreign bodies. |
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| Underresponsive immune sustem |
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| Bacteria & malignant cell run rampant (deaths). |
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| Overresponsive immune system |
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| Attack and kill normal cells (neurons too). |
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