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| Nerve cell that processes and transmits information; basic building block of nervous system |
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| a nerve impulse that travels down axon |
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| Spreading of Action potential and repolarization
Sending a chemical signal
Receiving a chemical signal
Dealing with leftovers |
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| re-absorption of neurotransmitters |
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| In communication within the neuron, messages travel ____________, but between neurons messages are transmitted ________. |
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| What level and type of neurotransmitter is involved in Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia? |
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| Dopamine
Decreased levels - Parkinson's
Increased levels - Schizophrenia |
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| Neurotransmitters regulate: |
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| actions of glands and muscles
promote sleep
mental and physical alertness
learning and memory
motivation and emotions |
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| Three ways that poisons and drugs act at the synapse |
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| replacing ,
decreasing ,
or enhancing the amount of neurotransmitter |
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| Why is it that chemicals we ingest from drugs and other sources can affect neurotransmission? |
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| The transmission between neurons is chemical |
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| Peripheral Nervous System |
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| All Nerves connecting the central nervous system to the rest of the body |
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| Spinal Cord
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| Location: Center of Body
Function: Sends information to and from brain and PNS and controls reflexes |
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| Two Divisions of Peripheral Nervous System |
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| Somatic Nervous System
Autonomic Nervous System |
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| Controls voluntary muscles and conveys sensory information to CNS |
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| Controls involuntary basic life functions |
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| (2) Branches of Autonomic System |
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| Sympathetic Nervous system
Parasympathetic Nervous System |
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| Conditions when Sympathetic and Parasympathetic are dominant |
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| Sympathetic: Arousal responding to threat
Parasympathetic: Calms body to conserve energy |
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| Which branch of autonomic nervous system is dominant during sexual arousal? |
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| What emotions cause Sympathetic dominance? |
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anger, anxiety, fear.
Unlikely to become sexually aroused |
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| Collection of glands that manufacture and secrete hormones into the bloodstream |
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| Chemicals manufactured by endocrine glands in the bloodstream to produce bodily changes or maintain normal bodily function |
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| 3 Major Functions of Endocrine System |
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| 1.Produce and control sexual hormones
2. Maintain normal body functions
3. Control body's response to emergencies |
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| Surgical removal of areas of brain for observation of behavior |
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| Reveals areas of brain most active during particular tasks such as reading |
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| Electronic Stimulation of the Brain |
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| Mapping brain to find functions |
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| Reveals effects of strokes, tumors, brain disorders |
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| Reveals brain areas active during activities (reading) |
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| Produces HD pictures useful for identifying abnoralities |
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| Cerebellum "little brain"
Location and Function |
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| Location: Lower back of the brain
Function: Coordinates fine muscle movement and balance |
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| Reticular Formation
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| Location: throughout the brainstem
Function: Screen incoming sensory information |
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| Thalamus
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| Location: between cerebral cortex and midbrain
Function: Brain's memory switchboard |
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| Hypothalamus
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| Location: below the thalamus, above the brain stem
Function:Responsible for regulating drives, hunger, thirst |
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| Cerebral Cortex
Location and Function |
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| Location: Cerebral hemisphere
Function: responsible for most complex behaviors and higher mental processes |
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| Broca's Area
Location and Function |
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| Location:Left Frontal Lobe, Surface of cortex near bottom of Motor Control Area
Function: Speech Production |
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| Wernicke's area
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| Location: Left Temporal Lobe
Function: Language Comprehension |
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| Motor Control Areas
Location and Function |
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| Location:Very back of Frontal lobe
Function: Instigate Voluntary movement |
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| Body Sensation's Area
Location and Function |
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| Location: Somatosensory cortex
Function: Receive and interpret body sensations |
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| Location of Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, and Temporal |
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| Frontal:Front of Brain
Pariental: Top of Brain
Occipital: Back Of brain
Temporal: Each side of Brain |
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