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12 Cards in this Set
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Acetylcholine(ACh) where found and function
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Where: in CNS between terminal buttons and muscle fibers and at synapses in autonomic NS. Causes muscles in contract also learning and memory, sexual behavior and sleep
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Adrenal Gland: Addison's and Cushing's disease
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Addison's: under secretion, fatigue, fainting, appetite loss, depression apathy, CUSHING's Disease: obesity, memory loss, mood swings, depression
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Adrenal Gland: Hormone and function
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Cortisol, stimulATES LIVER TO CONVERT ENERGY TO GLUCOSE
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Alexia:
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reading disability from brain lesion
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Amygdala: What system and what function?
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Limbic: Integrates and directs emotional behavior, mediates defensive/aggressive behavior. Damage affects emotional response.
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Androgens: What and found where
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Testosterone and found in males and females and involve sexual interest and appetite
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Androgens: what and where produced?
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testosterone, produced in gonads.
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Aphasia:
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difficulty in ability to use or understand language
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Aphasia:
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damage to a language area of the brain
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Apraxia: Def, brain part
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disruption in the coordination of complex purposeful movements.
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Autonomic Nervous system def
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