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28 Cards in this Set
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hypothalamus
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Thirst, hunger, body temperature, and emotional states |
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Sympathetic nervous system
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Part of the autonomic that arouses the body. Speeds up heart rate, dilates pupils.
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reticular formation
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Attention, alertness, arousla
Alcohol interrupts this aspect of the brain |
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Parasympathetic nervous system
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PArt of the autonomic that calms the body, conserving energy.
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Central nervous system
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The Brain and the spinal cord.
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Frontal lobes
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The executive center of the brain Accesses memories Self awareness Thinks |
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Interneurons
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Cental nervous system neurons that internally communitcate and intervene between the sensory inputs and motor outputs.
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Temporal lobes
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Perform higher mental functions Learning/abstract thought/creation |
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Limbic system
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Memory Emotional processing |
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Cerebellum
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Controls balance, coordination, and controlled movement
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Right Hemisphere (brain)
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Nonverbal processing
Recognition Processing musical sounds Understanding emotion |
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Occipital lobes
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Processes visual info
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Peripheral nervous system
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The sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body.
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Corpus callosum
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The large band of neural fibers connecting the 2 brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them.
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Cerebral cortex
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Responsible for our ability to think
voluntary movement states of motivation emotional arousal processing of sensory information |
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Action Potential
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A neural impulse, a brief electrical charge that travels down the axon. Generated by the positive charge of atoms.
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Sensory neurons
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Neurons that carry incoming information from the sense receptors to the central nervous system.
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Medulla
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The base of the brainstem. Controls heartbeat amd breathing.
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Axon
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The Extension of a neuron ending in branching terminal fibers through which messages are sent to other neurons or to muscles or glands.
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Parietal lobes
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Processes sensory information from the body
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Autonomic nervous system
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Part of the peripheral that controls the glands and muscles of the internal organs (such as the heart)
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Motor neurons
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Neurons that carry outgoing info. from the central nervous system to the muscles and glands.
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Thalamus
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Routes information from sense receptors(taste, touch, hearing)
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Neurons
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A nerve cell; The basic building block of the nervous system.
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Left Hemisphere (brain)
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Language Speaking Reading Writing |
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Somatic nervous system
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Division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the bodys skeletal muscles.
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Dendrites
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Bushy, Branchy extension of a neuron that receives messages and conducts impulses toward the cell body.
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Brainstem
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The oldest part and central core of the brain, beginning where the spinal cord swells as it enters the skull; the brainstem is responsible for automatic survival functions.
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