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31 Cards in this Set
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afferent (sensory) neurons
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relay messages from senses to the brain & spinal cord
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amygdale
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emotional regulation such as fear, threatening situation
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brainstem
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handles functions critical to survival
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cerebellum
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smooth motor movements
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cerebral hemisphere
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right & left halves of the cerebrum
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cerebrum
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outer layer of brain, aka cerebral cortex
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corpus colossum
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connects the 2 cerebral hemisphere
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cortex
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largest structure of the brain
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CT scan/CAT scan
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computerized axial tomography
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EEG
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electroencephalograph
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Efferent (motor) neurons
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going from the brain to the body, from central nervous system to the gland of body, muscles, allow movements
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electroencephalograph
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record brain info which part is more active while you're doing an action
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fMRI
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functional magnetic resonance imagery
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frontal lobe
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motor function ( voluntary motor movement)
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hippocampus
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memory, navigation ability, new stimuli, cognitive binding (connect different htoughts together in your mind)
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hypothalamus
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emotional regular, in charge of eating, hunger, thirst, sexual activity, body temperature
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Interneurons
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between brain & spinal cord
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left hemisphere
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control the right side of the body, complex movements, &language functions
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limbic system
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play a role in dreaming
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medulia
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control breathing and reflexes associate with posture
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midbrain
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control blinking, superior colliculus, opening puils
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MRI
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magnetic resocance imagery
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neurons
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specialized cells that conduct impulses through the nervous system
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PET scan
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positron emission tomography
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prefrontal association cortex
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include ability to be creative, analyzing info, make associative movement - allow higher thinking
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reticular formation
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control arousal & attention, sensory messages, and screen out which senses to pay attention to
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right hemisphere
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control the left side of the body, specialized for visualize spatial perception, vision
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spinal cord
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connects the brain to different part of the body - responses for reflexes
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split brain operation
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surgical procedure, performed to treat severe cases of epilepsy, in which the corpus collossum is cut & separating the cerebral hemisphere to reduces seizure
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substantial nigra
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unconscious motor movement
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thalamus & hypothalamus
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hearing & other organs
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