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17 Cards in this Set
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Neuron |
one of billions of nerve cells in the central nervous system, especially in the brain |
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corex |
outerlayers of the brain in humans and other mammals. most thinking, feeling an sensing involves in the cortex |
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prefrontal cortex |
area at the front of th brain that specialazes in anticipation, planning and impulse control |
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axon |
fiber that extends from a neuron and transmitts electrochemical impulses from that neuron to the dendrites of other neurons |
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dendrite |
fiber that extends from a neuron and receives electrochemical impulses transmitted from other neurons via axons |
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synapse |
intersection between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites of other neurons |
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neurotransmitter |
brain chemical that carries information from the axon of a sending neuron to the dendrites of a receiving neuron |
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Transient Exuberance |
great but temporary increace in the number of dendrites that develop in an infants brain during the first two years |
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experience dependent brain functions |
functions that depend on particular variable experiences and therefore may or may not develop in a particular infant |
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experience expectant brain functions |
functions that require certain basic common experiences in order to develop normally (expected to have) |
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co sleeping |
custom in which parents and their children sleep together in the same room |
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binocular vision |
ability to focus on the two eyes in a coordinated manner in order to see one image |
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protein calorie malnutrition |
condition in which a person does not consume sufficient food of any kind. this deprivation can result in several illnesses, weight loss and even death |
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stunting |
stunting growth due to malnutrition |
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wasing |
underweight for their age due to malnutrition |
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Marasums |
disease of severe protein calorie malnutrition during infancy in which growth stops, body tissues waste away and infant dies |
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kwaskiorkor |
chronic malnutrition during childhood in which a protein deficiency makes the child more vulnerable to other diseases such as measles, diarrhea and flu |
