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35 Cards in this Set
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Hippocamups
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New memory Formations
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Autonomic Nervous System
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*Smooth muscles and glandular functions.
*Self-regulation *sympathetic parasympathetic |
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Hypothalamus
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*Four F's
*feeding, including thirst *fear *fighting *fornication (sex) |
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Thalamus
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attetion
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Frontal lobe
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*Front of head
*Handles motor capabilities somatic system *expressing emotions |
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Parietal Lobe
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*top of head
*detects tactile stimuli |
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Parasympathetic
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*counter acts the effects of fight or flight
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Sympathetic
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*Fight or flight
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Axon
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*long projection from soma
*carries info *very thin *micro to 3ft |
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Dedrites
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*located on soma
*receive info from over neurons |
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Soma
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*cell body
*basic life function |
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Neuron Cells
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*100 billion
*non-replaceable *form circuts to communicate |
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Synapse
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*space between neuron's terminal buttons and other's dendrites
*fills with chemicals |
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Nervous system
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*spinal cord
*brain |
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Cerebral Cortex
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*larger in humans than animals
*complex thoughts reasoning |
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Forebrain
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*90% of human brain
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Mid brain
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*small in humans
*visual process of movement *echolocation |
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Myelin sheath
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*layer of fat encases many axons
*helps info travel faster |
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Terminal button
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*located at end of axon
*releases chemicals that send messages to the next neuron's dendrites |
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Temporal lobe
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*located near ears
*registers sounds |
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Lobes of the brain
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*temproal
*occipital *parietal *frontal |
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Glia cells
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*fat cells-cholesterol
*reproduce *provide nutrients to the brain *removes waste from the brain |
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Lateralization
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*brain slpit left y right
* each hemi controls oppisite side. |
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Corpus calllosum
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*axons connecting two sides
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Peripheral Nervous System
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*links brain with organs
*autonomic *sensory somatic |
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Amygdala
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*emotional response
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Forebrain (sub-parts)
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*Amygdala
*cerebrum *hippocampus *hypothalamus *thalamus |
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Hind brain
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*base of brain
*medulla cerebellum reticular formation |
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Efferent
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*sends messages from brain to body
*motor skills |
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Afferent
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*sends messages from body to brain
*Sensory |
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Occipital lobe
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*Base of brain
* registers visual stimuli |
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Sensory Somatic Nervous System
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* Consists of neurons in sensory organs
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Medulla
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* Vital life functions
*if damaged automatic death |
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Cerrebellum
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*coordinated movements & balance
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Reticular Formation
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Awareness & arousal
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