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23 Cards in this Set
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Limbic System
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Region of the brain where connections between memory, emotion, and sences are made
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Sensation
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Awareness of information
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Perception
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Meaning-ful interpretation of sensory information
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Cornea
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Where light enters the eye
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Pupil
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Dark opening in the iris
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Iris
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Colored part of the eye
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Retina
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The inner surface at the back of the eye
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Cones
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Distinguish colors
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Rods
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Sensitive to dim light
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Auditoary Canal
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Tunnel where sound where sounds waves are brought
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Eardrum
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Sheet of tissue that vibrates when sound waves strike it
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Cochlea
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Coiled tube that contains fluid and is lined with tiny hairs
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Auditory tube
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Lets air move between the inner ear and throat
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Tolerance
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More and more is needed for the drug to have an effect on you
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Addiction
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An uncontrollable dependence on the drug
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Withdrawal
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Need of the drug
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Stimulants
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Increase CNS activity (caffeine, cocain, nicotine)
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Depressants
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Decrease CNS activity (alcohol, tranquilizers, and marijuana)
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Marijuana
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Made from the hemp plant
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Opiates
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Made from opium poppy and act like brain chemicals
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Hallucinogens
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Cause you to hear and see things that arn't there (LSD)
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Ecstacy
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Acts like a stimulant and halluciangen
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Inhalents
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Such as aresols that produce vapors which you inhale
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