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| the brain is divided into to hemispheres( left and right) they are separated by a bundle of fibers called |
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| sensory and angular gyrus; contributes to language and cognition |
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| hearing and some speech; Wernickes area |
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| area of brain located in the(left) temporal lobe that is involved in language comprehension and expression; UNDERSTANDING |
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| transforms visual to auditory code |
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| interprets what's going on and working memory; motor strip and broca's area located here |
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| directs muscle movements involved in SPEECH; located in the frontal lobe |
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| objects and space, art, music, some math and emotions |
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| sensory switchboard ; located on top of brain stem |
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| reticular activating system |
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| arousal and motivation; wake sleep cycle |
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| name three neurotransmitters |
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| dopamine, acetylcholine, endorphins |
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| basic building block of the nervous system |
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| link between biology and behavior |
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| the bushy, branching extensions of a neuron that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body |
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| branch terminal fibers that messages are sent to other neurons or to muscles or glands |
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| a layer of fatty tissue that engulfs some but not all neurons that help neural impulses jump from node to node |
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| the level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse |
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| a neurotransmitter that among its functions triggers muscle contraction |
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| natural opium linked to pain control and pleasure |
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| electrochemical communication system |
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| the brain and spinal cord |
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| the sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system |
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| cables that connect the CNS to muscles, glands, and sense organs |
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| the division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles |
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| the part of the peripheral system that controls the glands and muscle |
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| a simple automatic inborn response to a sensory stimulus such as a knee jerk |
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| interconnnected neural cells |
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| EEG; An amplified recoding of the waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brains surface |
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| Electroconvulsive therapy |
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| ECT; a biomedical therapy for seriously depressed people in which an electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient |
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| a series of x rays taken from dif angles and combined by a computer to create a representation |
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| a visual display of the brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task |
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| a technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer generated images that distinguish among different types of soft tissue; allows us to see structures within a brain |
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| the oldest part and central core of the brain, beginning where the spinal cord swells as it enters the skull; the brain stem is responsible for autonomic survival functions |
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| the base of the brain stem; controls heartbeat and breathing |
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| area at the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movement |
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| area at front of the parietal lobe that registers and processes body sensations |
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| areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions; rather they are involved in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking and speaking |
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| impairment of language , usually caused by damage to the left hemisphere (broca's area and wernicke's area) |
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| the brains capacity for modification as evident in brain reorganization after severe damage to certain parts of the brain |
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| a condition in which the two hemispheres of the brain are separated by cutting connecting fibers; mainly the corpus callosum |
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| a set of glands that secrete hormones into the blood stream |
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| chemical messengers, mostly those manufactured by the endocrine glands, that are produced by one tissue and affects another tissue |
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| part of the endocrine system;glands that produce epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline) which help the body in times of stress |
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| part of endocrine system;under the influence of the hypothalamus, regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands |
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