Ap Psychology The Brain And Biological Basis

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Neuroanatomy

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The study of anatomy and stereotyped organization of the nervous system

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Neuro... Nervous... Nervous System

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Axon Terminal

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Where axons make contacts with other nerve cells

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Terminal is where buses meet

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Axon

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Conducts electrical impulses away from neurons cell body

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All or none principle

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The principle that under given conditions the response of a nerve of muscle fiber to a stimulus at any strength above the threshold is the same.

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The muscle or nerve responds completely or not at all

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Medulla

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Involuntary functions like regulating blood pressure and breathing

Helps transfers neural messages from the brain to spinal cord

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Lower part of brain stem

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Medulla

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Involuntary functions like regulating blood pressure and breathing

Helps transfers neural messages from the brain to spinal cord

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Lower part of brain stem

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Pons

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Message station between several areas of the brain

Helps relay messages from cortex and the cerebellum

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Medulla

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Involuntary functions like regulating blood pressure and breathing

Helps transfers neural messages from the brain to spinal cord

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Lower part of brain stem

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Pons

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Message station between several areas of the brain

Helps relay messages from cortex and the cerebellum

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Cerebellum

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Voluntary tasks such as walking and writing

Helps with balance and muscle coordination

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Below pons

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Medulla

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Involuntary functions like regulating blood pressure and breathing

Helps transfers neural messages from the brain to spinal cord

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Lower part of brain stem

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Pons

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Message station between several areas of the brain

Helps relay messages from cortex and the cerebellum

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Cerebellum

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Voluntary tasks such as walking and writing

Helps with balance and muscle coordination

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Below pons

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Thalamus

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Diagnoses sensory information that's being transferred from the brain including auditory, visual, tactile(touch) and gustatory(taste)

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Hypothalamus

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Reason why we know why we hungry or thirsty

Body temperature

Controls pituitary gland

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Above pituitary gland and below thalamus

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Hypothalamus

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Reason why we know why we hungry or thirsty

Body temperature

Controls pituitary gland

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Above pituitary gland and below thalamus

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Corpus Callosum

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Connects the left and right hemisphere of the brain

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Amygdala

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Responsible for response and memory of emotions especially fear

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Amygdala

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Responsible for response and memory of emotions especially fear

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Hippocampus

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Responsible for processing of long term memory and emotional responses

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Antagonist

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Chemical or drug that binds the receptors in the brain and prevents an agonist from having no reaction

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Antagonist

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Chemical or drug that binds the receptors in the brain and prevents an agonist from having no reaction

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Neural Firing

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Response of a neuron when it is stimulated

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Antagonist

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Chemical or drug that binds the receptors in the brain and prevents an agonist from having no reaction

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Neural Firing

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Response of a neuron when it is stimulated

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Kinesthetic Sense

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The sense of body position and movement of body parts relative to each other

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Occipital Lobes

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Visuals

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Occipital Lobes

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Visuals

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Temporal Lobes

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Sensory input and hearing

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Occipital Lobes

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Visuals

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Temporal Lobes

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Sensory input and hearing

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Frontal Lobe

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Personality

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Parietal Lobe

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Sensation and perception

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Spinal cord

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Connects large part of peripheral nervous system to the brain. Information(Nerve impulses) reaching the spinal cord through sensory neurons are transmitted up into the brain

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Hormone

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Substance produced by organism

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Dopamine

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Compound present as neurotransmitters and a precursor of other substances including epinephrine

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Serotonin

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Compound present in blood platelets and serum that constricts the blood vessels and act as a neurotransmitter

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Serotonin

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Compound present in blood platelets and serum that constricts the blood vessels and act as a neurotransmitter

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Adrenal Glands

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Cortex (outer portion) secretes steroid hormones

Medulla(inner) secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine