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29 Cards in this Set
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Neuron |
Basic building block of the nervous system |
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Dendrites |
Receive messages from other neurons |
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Axon |
Send messages to other neurons |
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Myelin Sheath |
Made up of glial cells, creates increased efficiency and makes insulation |
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Sensory or Afferent Neurons |
Gather information for inside/outside the body |
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Motor or Efferent Neurons |
Carry messages from brain and spinal cord |
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Synapse |
Is when neurons send messages to each other |
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Cerebral Cortex |
Controls thinking, voluntary movements, language, and reasoning |
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Left side of Brain |
Analytical |
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Right side of Brain |
Creative |
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Frontal Lobe |
Emotions/thought/logic |
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Parietal Lobe |
Senses/language/spatial |
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Temporal |
Hearing/language/memory |
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Occipital |
Recognizing objects, vision |
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Cerebellum |
Helps coordination, balance, posture, movement |
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Subcortex |
Controls breathing, eating, drinking, sleeping, mating |
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Hypothalamus |
Controls body temp, emotions, hunger, thirst, appetite, digestion and sleep |
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Thalamus |
Controls your sensory integration and motor integration |
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Pituitary Gland |
Controls hormones and turns food into energy |
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Pineal Gland |
Controls growing and maturing |
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Amygdale |
Controls anger and happiness |
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Hippocampus |
Forms and stores memories and could possibly regenerate neurons |
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Mid-Brain |
Includes the thalamus, hippocampus, and amygdale. It controls breathing, reflexes, and swallowing |
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Inter-neurons |
Pass signals along |
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Autonomic |
Involuntary movements |
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Somatic |
Voluntary movements |
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Sympathetic |
Keep balance |
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Parasympathetic |
Braking |
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Testosterone |
Causes facial and body hair, growth of the skeleton, muscles and some internal organs and more aggressive behavior |
