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| a brain cell engaged in info processing |
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| central nervous system, brain and spinal cords |
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| Rene Descartes thought that the mind regulates behavior by... |
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Definition
| directing
the
flow
of
ventricular
fluid
to
appropriate
muscles |
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| theory that came out that mind and brain are separate |
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| suggested body and mind were indeed separate but that some mental functions resulted from bodily functions |
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| Decartes thought the mind was located in the |
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| pineal gland, which actually controls sleep/wake cycle |
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Thomas Willis is founder of _____ _______
discovery on brain damage...? |
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clinical neuroscience
isolated brain damage could affect behaviors |
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| thought you could discover personality traits based on bumps on forehead |
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| studied Phineous Gage, a railroad worker, got a metal spike through frontal region of his brain |
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| Lissencephalic brains (eg. mice, rats) |
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Definition
| smooth cortices on outside of brain with minimal surface area |
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Definition
| ridges and valleys on outside of brain with maximum surface area |
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| Gyri = ______ Sulci = __________ |
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| association cortex is correlated with |
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| How does one measure intelligence |
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| engram is the seat of memory, where all memories sat, doesn't exist |
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Definition
o head injury at age of nine and suffered from epilepsy
o got rid of both sides of temporal lobe bilaterally
o suffered severe anterograde and temporally graded retrograde amnesia
o spared skill learning
o couldn’t remember things about people |
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| taxi drivers, memorizing thousands of routes, correlation doesn't mean causation |
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Term
| George
Miller
&
Michael
Gazzaniga
are known for |
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Definition
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Term
| Which
early
philosopher
believed
that
the
mind
and
body
are
separate
but
can
interact
with
each
other? |
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Definition
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Term
| One
of
the
central
concepts
of
the
Cognitve
Revolution
was
that
______
can
influence
behavior |
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Definition
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Term
| Why
is
the
case of
Phineas
Gage
important
to
psychology? |
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Definition
| brain structure and personality |
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Term
| Nervous system ---> _______ & _________ |
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Definition
| CNS & Peripheral Nervous system |
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Term
| What's involved with CNS? |
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Definition
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Term
| What's involved with PNS? |
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Definition
| Somatic nervous system, Autonomic nervous system |
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Term
| Somatic nervous system (SNS) /spinal |
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Definition
spinal and cranial nerves carrying sensory info to the CNS
transmits motor instruction for movement |
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Term
| Autonomic nervous system (ANS) / f-or-f |
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Definition
| balances internal organs to rest and digest or to fight or flight |
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Definition
| medial (into from ear), anterior (nose), lateral (out right ear), posterior (backward) |
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Term
| coronal section (up down) |
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Definition
| frontal view vertical plane |
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| horizontal section (side to side) |
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Definition
| dorsal view, horizontal plane |
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Term
| sagittal section (front to back) |
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Definition
| front to back, medial view |
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Definition
| The outermost layer of gray matter making up the superficial aspect of the cerebrum |
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Term
| Each hemisphere is known as? |
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Definition
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Term
basal ganglia
location & purpose |
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Definition
movement & reward
center of brain from medial view |
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Term
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Definition
regulates body function
under thalamus & basil ganglia |
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Term
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Definition
sensory gateway
above hypothalamus, below basal ganglia |
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Definition
emotion
below hypothal, to the left of hippocampus |
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Term
| more on hypothalamus (ESSTEB) |
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Definition
| eat sleep sex temp emotional bevior |
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Term
Cerebrospinal
Fluid
(CSF)
made u of
correlated with |
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Definition
salt
meningitus
cushions the brain
Fills
the
ventricle s
and
circulates
around
the
brain
and
spinal
cord
in
the
subarachnoid
space |
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Term
| What
is
the
primary
function
of
the
thalamus |
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Definition
| Relays
in coming
informa)on |
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Term
| Which
part
of
the
brain
is
involved
in
the
regulation
of
hunger |
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Definition
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Term
Which
of
the
following
may
be
a
result
of
damage
to
the
temporal
lobe?
inability to plan?
inability to feel? |
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Definition
inability to hear
occipital
parietal? |
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Term
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Definition
| keeps the brain together, communicates both sides |
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Term
| info from other neurons is collected at... |
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Definition
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Term
| Dendrites -> Cell Body -> Axon -> Terminal Button |
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Definition
info from other neurons is collected at DENDRITES
processed in the CELL BODY
and passed on to the AXON
and then to the TERMINAL where it is passed on to its target |
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Definition
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Definition
| associate sensory and motor activity in the CNS |
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Term
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Definition
| send signals from the brain and spinal cord to muscles |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
Microglia
astrocytes
oligodendrocytes
ependymal cells |
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Term
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Definition
Schwann cells
Satellite cells |
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Term
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Definition
| star shaped, symmetrial, nutritive & support function |
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Term
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Definition
| small, mesodermally derived; defensive function |
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Term
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Definition
| assymet, forms myelin around axons in brain & spinal cord |
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Term
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Definition
| assymet, wraps around peripheral nerves to form myelin |
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Term
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Definition
| small, ovoid, secretes cerebrospinal fluids |
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Term
| FIVE TYPES OF GLIAL CELLS |
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Definition
Microglia- Originate in the blood as offshoot of immune system
Oligo- glial cell in the CNS that myelinates axons
-Schwann: PNS that myelinates axons |
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Term
| cations are _____ charged ions |
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Definition
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Term
| anions are _____ charged ions |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| ion channel closed with sodium ion outside, ion channel open with potassium inside |
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Term
| electrical activity has 3 characteristics |
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Definition
1. channel
2. gated channel
3. pump |
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Term
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Definition
part of an axon not covered by myelin
tiny gaps in myelin sheath
enables saltatory conduction |
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Term
| which chemicals have higher concentration inside than outside axon? |
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Definition
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Term
| which chemicals have higher concentration outside than inside axon? |
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Definition
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Term
| resting potential (-70mV) |
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Definition
absence of stimulation
storage of negative energy on the intracellular side relative to extracellular side |
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Term
| options between resting to resting |
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Definition
| depolarize, repolarize, hyperpolarize |
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