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What are the four neurotransmitters?
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acetylcholine, dopamine, serotonin,GABA
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What is the role of the Hypothalamus?
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THASP
Thirst, hunger, agression sexual desire, produce hormomes, coordinating centre for internal organs |
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What are the two major functions of the spinal cord
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nerve impulses and spinal reflexes
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What is the integrative function?
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Conscious and subconscious decisions acts upon them using motor function
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What is midbrain's purpose?
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Eye and ear reflexes down the center has reticular formation which causes consciousness. Filter
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Importance of Cerebal cortex
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Grey matter that is 75% of all neuron cell bodies, and inside is white matter of bundled myelinated nerve fibres
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Temporal and Spatial Summation
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addition of the effects of 2 impulses in short time interval
first impulse affectingtwo closed space areas |
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A dendrite is
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short, highly branched nerve processes, pick up for nerve impulses
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what is the order from outer layer of brain to spine
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cerebral cortex
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What is a neurilemma, and what is it attached to
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Outermost layer of schwann cell which is a sheath around peripheral axons
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