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33 Cards in this Set
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What is a neuron? |
Cells within the nervous system to send messages |
Its the main cell in the nervous system |
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Neurons body? |
Soma, the biochemical structures to keep it alive |
S... |
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What is the brain of the neuron? |
Nucleus |
N..... |
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What is dendrites? |
Collects messages from other neurons |
Important to communicate with |
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What is a axon? |
Axon is the tail of the neuron where the axon terminals are, and the myelin sheath is |
What does a axolotl have? |
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What are the three steps in activating nerve impulses? |
A electric resting potential A action potential occurs when a neuron is stimulated Orginal iconic balance is restored; neurons is at rest again |
Default, activating, and restoring to default |
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What is a synaptic space? |
The space between axon terminals and dendrites that deliver messages |
That carry messages |
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What is Excitatory? |
Causs the action potential to fire |
Excites the... |
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What is inhibitory? |
Prevents the neuron from firing |
Inhibits the... |
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What is the peripheral nervous system? |
Contains all the neural structures that lie outside of the brain and spinal cord |
The body |
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The central nervous system |
Includes the brain and spinal cord |
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Where is the hindbrain |
The lowest part of the brain |
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Where is the midbrain? |
In the middle duh |
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Forebrain |
Is the largest part and is up the top |
Foremost |
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What does the hindbrain do? |
Supports vital life functions |
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What does the midbrain do |
Contains clusters of sensory and motor neurons |
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Medulla |
Heart rate, respiration and vomiting |
In hindbrain |
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Pons |
Carries nerve impluses between higher and lower levels of the nervous system, regulates sleep |
In the hindbrain, think messager |
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Cerebellum |
Muscular movement coordination learning and memory |
In the hind brain...which controls the lower part of the body... |
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Reticular formation |
Alerts higher centres of the brain that messages are coming |
In the midbrain |
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Cerebrum |
The major structure of the forebrain |
The big boy |
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Thalamus |
A switchboard that organises inputs from sensory organs and routes them to appropriate areas |
The receptionist |
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Hypothalamus |
Motivation and emotion, sexual behaviour, temperature regulation, eating and drinking. |
Controller of needs |
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Limbic system |
Coordinates behaviour needed to satisfy motivational and emotional urges |
Controller of wants |
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Hippocampus |
Forming and retrieving memories |
The camp site of memories... |
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Amygdala |
Organises motivational and emotional response patterns (likes, dislikes, fears) |
One scary bloodborne boss that organises... |
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Primary motor cortex |
Voluntary movement |
Voluntary |
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Prefrontal cortex |
Executive functions |
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Broca's area |
Speech formation |
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Primary auditory cortex |
Hearing |
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Somatic sensory cortex |
Body sensation |
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Wernicke's area |
Speech understanding |
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Primary visual cortex |
Visual |
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