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31 Cards in this Set
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The process of maintaining the internal environment of the body within certain limits.
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Homeostasis
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WWhat are the two main cells for the nervous system?
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Glial and Nerve cells
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What do Glial cells do?
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Structure to brain, nutrients, eliminate waste, form myelin, and create blood brain barrier.
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What do nerve cells do?
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Transmit information
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How many nerouns are in our system?
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100 billion
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What are the four defined regions of the neuron?
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Cell body, dendrites, axon, and presynaptic terminals
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What are our three nervous systems?
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Somatic, Autonomic, and Central
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What does the Central nervous system control?
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Brain and Spinal Cord
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What are the two branches in the Autonomic Nervous system?
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Sympathetic and Parasympathetic
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What does the Somatic Nervous System do?
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Carries sensory information and controls voluntary action.
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What is the neurotransmitter in the Somatic nervous system?
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Acetylcholine
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What does the Autonomic System do?
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Controls involuntary functions
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What chemical is found in the basal ganglia and other regions?
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dopamine
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What chemical is found in the cerebral cortex?
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Acetycholine
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What chemical regulates the level of arousal and attentiveness?
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Norephinephrine
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What chemical is involved in Alzheimers disease and REM sleep?
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Acetycholine
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What chemical is found in the brain stem and has the role for aggression, depression and food intake?
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Serotonin
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What chemical is found in most regions of the brain and is the inhitory for neurotransmitters?
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GABA
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What chemical is found in most regions of the brain and is the excitatory neurotransmitter?
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Glutamate
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What chemical is the opiod like chemical occuring naturally in the brain?
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Endorphins
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What are the two attempts to explain the variations of behavior in terms of changes in brain chemistry?
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Hippocrates four humors and chinese philosophy yin and yang
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What is the monoamine theory of mood?
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Too little activity of monoamine systems can cause depression
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What are the two types of chemical signals?
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Hormones and neurotransmitters
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The Nigrostriatal System is damaged from what disease?
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Parkinsons Disease
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What is an important function for the glial cells?
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Create the Blood Brain barrier
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Dilation of eyes, Increased heart rate, and fast breathing are what kind of Autonomic reaction?
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Sympathetic
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Constriction, Decreased heart rate, and slow breathing are what kind of Autonomic reaction?
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Parasympathetic
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What lobe deals with hearing?
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Temporal Lobe
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What lobe deals with Boby sensation?
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Parietal Lobe
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What lobe deals with vision?
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Occipital lobe
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What is a disease involving damage to dopamine neurons?
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Parkinsons disease
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