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receptors
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A site on the dendrite or cell body where a messenger molecule attaches itself
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a lock opened by one key, a receptor recieves only one type of neurotrasmitter or neuromodulator
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reuptake
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surplus neuron reabsorbed back into the sending neuron to be refired
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reabsorbed fired back
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agonist
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drug that mimics the effects of a neurotrans/modulators activating a type of receptor
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drug that activates receptor
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selective serotonin reuptake(ssri)
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chemical that blocks the reutake of the neurotransmitter serotoin
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blocks reutake
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antagonist
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chemical that blocks the effect of a neurotransmitter
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peripheral nervous system(pns)
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autonomic nevous system and the skeletal system
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two systems
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auntonomic nevous system(ans)
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controlsthe smooth muscles in the body, some glandular functions, self regulating activites
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controls digestion and circulation
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skeletal system
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nerves attached to voluntary muscles
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striped muscles
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sympathetic nervous systems
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readies and animal to fight or flee part of the (ans)
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speeding up heart, relaxing bladder, producing sweat
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parasympathetic nervous system
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slows things down counteracts sypathetic affects
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affects organs one at a time in small groups
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menings
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three protective layed membranes that cover the brain (meningitis) infection of that membrane
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first under the skull protection
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cerebral hemisphere
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right or left half of the brain
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globe
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lobes
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four parts the brain is divided into
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division
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corpus callosum
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connectes two halves of the brain
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connecter
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cerebral cortex
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where most of the brains mental processes take place
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"gray matter"
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