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| controls the voluntary movement of skeletal muscles |
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| Control "smooth muscle" systems, such as digesting, arousal, and heart beat |
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| Peripheral Nervous System |
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| The network of Sensory and motor neurons that connect the Central Nervous System to the body. Includes ANS, and SNS |
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| Sympathetic Division----Autonamic System |
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| Governs responses to stress under contitions of threat or emergency, when action must be quick and powerfully energized---arousing |
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| Monitors the routine operation of the body's internal functions---calming |
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| Reasoning, planning, parts of speech, and problem solving (movement, exectutive controls) |
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| Perception of stimuli related to touch, pressure, temperature and pain (somatosensory) |
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| Perception and recognition of auditory stimuli(hearing and memory) |
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| visual information, color, movement, shape, shading, recognition of human faces, (vision) |
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| When the brain is damaged, oh goodness!, what will you do??? |
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| The brain can change it's functions and shape |
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| condition when children don't grow from not feeling other's human touch. |
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| Largest part of brain responsible for sensing, thinking, learning, emotion, consciousness, and voluntary movement |
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| The bridge of fibers in the middle of the brain that passes information between the two cerebral hemispheres |
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| Part of brain that serves as the relay for cortex; handles incoming and outgoing signals---motor controls to muscles and glands |
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| Part of brain responsible for regulating basic biological needs; hunger, thirst, temperature control |
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| "Master" gland that regulates other endocrine glands----secretes growth hormones |
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| Part of limbic system involved in learning and memory |
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| Part of brain involved in sleep and arousal |
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| Part of brain responsible for regulating largely unconscious functions such as breathing and circulation---controls reflexes; vomiting, coughing, sneazing |
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| Group of fibers that carry stimulation related to sleep and arousal through brainstem |
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| Responsible for transmitting information between the brain and the rest of the body; handles simple reflexes as well |
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| Structure that coordinates fine muscle movement and balance. |
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| Part of limbic system involved in emotion and aggression |
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| Recieve info. from sensory receptors |
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| transfers and interprets impulses between neurons |
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| sends impulses to muscles and glands |
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| Part of neuron that recieves info. |
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| Part of neuron that integrates info. from dendrites---decides wether or not to fire neural impulses |
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| Transmits messages to terminal buttons |
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| end of Axon that secretes neurotransmitters in response to impulse. |
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| Chemical messenger that acts within the synapse |
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| point at which the neurons interconnect |
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| Insulation----speeds up transmission in axon |
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| Produce myelin sheath, they also provide scaffolding for neurons. There are many more glial cells than neurons 10:1 |
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| process when neurotransmitters are pumped back into the transmitting neuron, otherwise they are broken up by enzymes |
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| main excitatory neurotransmitter in the CNS |
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| the most common inhibitory neurotransmitter. too much->unmotivated and sluggish; too little->anxiety and epilepsy |
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| neurotransmitter that facilitates some kinds of learning and memory. messenger for motorneurons too, controls muscle contraction. too much->tremors; too little->anxiety and epilepsy |
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| neurotransmitter that coincides with heart rate, vigilance, stress, and mood. too much->jittery; too little->unmotivated and sluggish |
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| neurotransmitter that creates pleasure, reduces pain, and influences emotion.too much->feel no pain |
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neurotransmitter that influences movement, learning, and attention.
too much->schizophrenia; too little->parkinson's |
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| neurotransmitters that regulate mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal. too much-> always sleepy; too little->OCD depression, anxiety |
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| Drug taht increases the synthesis or release of neurotransmitters; mimics neurontransmitters by fitting into receptors; inhibits reuptake; inhibits the enzymes that break them down. |
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| Drug that interfers with the release of neurotransmitters;occupies and blocks receptors; inhibits the affects of agonist drugs |
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