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| Receive electricity from the previous neuron |
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| Electricity gets pushed out _____ to another _____ |
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| Send electricity out to the next neuron |
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| At the end of each axon are _____ |
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| Branches at the end of the axon that hold neurotransmitters and empty them into the synapse |
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| Fluid-filled space between neurons |
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| Neurotransmitters and other chimcals |
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| The swimming pool for chemicals is also known as the _____ |
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| the cell body of the neuron |
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| The chemical factory is the _____ |
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| What are the two main brain functions? |
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| Describe the chemical function of the brain |
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| Neurotransmitters, neuropeptides (neural regulators) such as endorphines |
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| D: Endorphines (in general) |
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| Describe the electrical function of the brain |
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Neurotransmitters lock into the keyhole, open the channel (receptor sites), go back to floating around in the synapse, electricity passes through the open channels, neurotransmitters go back on their buses.
Inhibitory neurotransmitters are the bullies that block the receptor cites to limit the amount of neuron connection from one neuron to another |
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| Chemicals that alter activity in neurons; brain chemicals |
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| D: Inhibitory neurotransmittres |
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| block the receptor sites (bullies) |
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| tiny sac where neurotransmitters are stored (the buses) |
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| Areas on the surface of the neuron and other cells that are sensitive to enruotransmitters or hormones (the keyhole) |
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Voluntary movements: sensations, learning, remembering, thinking, emotion, consciousness
Judgment and decisions
Intelligence is measured by the size of the cerebral cortex to the brain |
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| The cerebrum talks to the _____ |
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is where your feelings happen
They are connected to the thought that started it |
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| Emotions (The Lymbic system) is connected to the _____ |
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| Emotions (The Lymbic system) is connected to the _____ |
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relays information to your body box
It controls hunger, thirst, temp, etc |
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| The bridge that connects the two brains, a band of fibers connects the two hemispheres |
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The brain secretary, base of the brain stem
Arousal, attention, movement
Does not send some important responses to the brain immediately... only when attention is free the brain will register |
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| Decrease or increase under sympathetic and parasympathetic: heart rate |
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| Decrease or increase under sympathetic and parasympathetic: blood pressure |
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| Decrease or increase under sympathetic and parasympathetic: digestion |
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| Decrease or increase under sympathetic and parasympathetic: sleeping |
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| Decrease or increase under sympathetic and parasympathetic: sweating |
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| Decrease or increase under sympathetic and parasympathetic: eye dialation |
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| Decrease or increase under sympathetic and parasympathetic: adrenalin flow |
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| Decrease or increase under sympathetic and parasympathetic: sugar from the liver |
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| Decrease or increase under sympathetic and parasympathetic: elimination |
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| Decrease or increase under sympathetic and parasympathetic: new cell growth |
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| Decrease or increase under sympathetic and parasympathetic: endorphine production |
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| Decrease or increase under sympathetic and parasympathetic: Sexual arousal |
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| Decrease or increase under sympathetic and parasympathetic: immune system |
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| Training for control of body functions using an instrument that measures changes in the body |
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| Galvic skin response and electrodermal response... |
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| measures the electrical conductivity in the skin |
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