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| what is the plasticity in the brain |
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| the brains special capacity for change |
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| carry info to the brain and spinal cord |
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| what are the two subsets of the Peripheral nervous system |
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| the somatic and the autonomic nervous system |
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| what is the role of the Somatic nervous system? |
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| sensory nerves to convey info from skin and muscles to the CNS about conditions such as pain and temp and motor nerves |
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| compare and contrast the Sympathetic Nervous System and the parasympathetic nervous system. |
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| SNS- arouses the body to mobilize it for action. PNS- calms the body |
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| what is the role of Glial cells |
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| provide support, nutritional benefits, and other functions and keep neurons running smoothly |
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| when resting a neuron has a negative charge, this is called what? |
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| and action potential either fires or remains at resting potential meaning it is what? |
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| the influx of what into the neuron causes the cell to do what? |
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| sodium, depolarize. resulting in an action potential. |
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| the myelin sheath does what to an action potential? |
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| what is a synapse and what are its rolls in the nervous system |
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| space between neurons, before an impulse can cross synaptic gap, must turn into a chemical signal |
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| this is a thick band of axons that connects brain cells from the left and right hemispheres |
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| what is involved in fear and the discrimination of objects necessary for survival |
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| what is the main structure in the brain associated with motor functioning |
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| these store neurotransmitters for release into the synaptic cleft |
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| what structures make up the hindbrain |
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| medulla, pons, cerebellum |
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| this processes info about body sensations |
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| where is the somatosensory cortex located |
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| this processes info about voluntary movement |
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| where is the motor cortex located |
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| rear of the frontal lobes |
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| observable characteristics |
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