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18 Cards in this Set
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Nervous System |
Structure and processes for communicating sensory, perceptual, and automatically generated information throughout the body. |
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3 Regions of the Brain |
Forebrain, Midbrain, Hindbrain |
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Forbrain |
Cerebral Cortex: divide into 2 hemispheres (left and right) with 4 lobes |
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Midbrain |
Centers for sleep and pain; relays centers for sensory information and control of movement |
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Hindbrain |
Cerebellum; muscle tone and posture; breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure |
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Frontal Lobe |
Motor behavior, expressive language, social functioning, concentration and ability to attend, reasoning and thinking, orientation to time place and person. |
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Temporal lobe |
Language, memory, emotions |
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Parietal Lobe |
Intellectual processing, integration of sensory information |
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Left Parietal Lobe |
Verbal processing |
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Right Parietal Lobe |
Visual and spatial processing |
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Occipital Lobe |
Vision |
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Endocrine System |
Influences our growth, metabolism, development, learning, and memory. Its made up of glands that secrete hormones into the blood system. |
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Immune System |
Made up of organs and cells that work together to defend the body against disease. |
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Cardiovascular System |
Composed of the heart and the blood circulatory system. Three types of circulatory system: Arteries, capillaries, veins. |
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Musculoskeletal System |
Supports and protects the body and provide motion |
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Reproductive System |
male and female sex organs |
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Exterior Socioeconomic Environment |
It is believed that persons with SES sometimes engage in disproportionately high risk health behaviors and lifestyles (smoking) |
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Exterior Socioeconomic Environment |
Poor health outcomes are associated with low income, low education, unsanitary housing, unstable employment, unsafe physical environments |
