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15 Cards in this Set
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adrenal gland |
produces adrenaline and non-adrenaline |
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autonomic nervous system |
Regulates body's vital functions (heartbeat,breathing,digestion,blood pressure) you don't have to think about these activities... they automatically happen |
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Axon terminals |
small fibers @ the end of an axon |
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cerebellum |
"little brain" - balance and coordination |
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cerebrum |
(also known as the cerebral cortex, outer layer of the brain) part that make us uniquely human// part that thinks memory,language, emotions, motor functions,perception. |
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corpus callosum |
connects the 2 hemispheres |
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limbic system |
involved in learning & memory, emotion, hunger, sex, and aggression. (if damaged people can recall old memories but cant create new ones) |
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medulla oblongata |
involved in vital functions ( heart rate, blood pressure and breathing) location- Hindbrain |
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myelin |
white fatty substance that insulates and protects the axons- also speeds up transmission of messages. |
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neuron |
nerve cells that run through our body and communicate with one another. |
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pituitary gland |
secretes growth hormone// simulates labor |
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progesterone |
produced in ovaries in women to help educe labor |
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somatic nervous system |
skeltical nervous system- transmits messages to the central nervous system- activated by pain/touch/change in temp/ and body possitions. enables us to feel hot/cold & pain/pressure |
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synaspse |
junction between the axon terminals of 1 neuron and the dendrites of another neuron. |
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Thyroid gland |
controls metabolism |
