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12 Cards in this Set
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Lobes of Each Cerebral Cortex |
Frontal Lobes - Sense of self, motor control, higher mental abilities Parietal Lobes - sensation Occipital Lobes - Vision Temporal lobes- hearing/ language
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Cerebellum |
Controls posture, coordination, muscle tone, memory of skills/ habits |
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Parts of a Neuron |
Dendrite , soma, axon, synapse, myelin, neurotransmitters |
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Dendrites |
receive messages from other neurons |
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Soma |
cell body - receives and decides whether to pass on signal |
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Axon |
Thin fiber that passes on signal, 3 million miles of axon fiber total in a human body |
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Synapse |
microscopic space between 2 neurons over which a message will pass |
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myelin |
a fatty layer on the axon collateral |
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neurotransmitters |
any chemical released by a neuron to alter activity in other neurons |
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Neuron speed |
up to 200 mph |
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4 basic human behaviors (4 f's) |
fighting fleeting feeding sexual reproduction |
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Mirror neuron |
Neuron that becomes active when a motor action is carried out and another organism is observed carrying out the same action |
