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3A- Neural Processing and the Endocrine System Flashcards

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A nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system

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Neuron

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Biological psychologists study this

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Neural communication

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Neurons that carry incoming information from the sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord

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Sensory neurons

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Neurons that carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands

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Motor neurons

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Neurons with the brain and spinal cord that communicate internally and intervene between sensory inputs and motor outputs

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Interneurons

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Dendrite, cell body, axon, myelin sheath

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Parts of a neuron

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The bushy, branching extensions of a neuron that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body

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Dendrite

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The extension of a neuron, ending in branching terminal fibers, through which messages pass to other neurons or to muscles or glands

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Axon

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A layer of fatty tissue segmentally encasing the fibers of many neurons; enables vastly greater transmission speed of neural impulses as the impulse hops from one node to the next

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Myelin sheath

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2-200mph

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Speed of a neuron impulse

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The level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse

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Threshold

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Intensity doesn’t change the firing; it either fires or it doesn’t

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All or none response

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The junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron

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Synapse

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The tiny gap between the dendrite and the axon tip or between the cell body and the axon tip

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Synaptic gap/synaptic cleft

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Chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons

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Neurotransmitters

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A neurotransmitter’s reabsorption by the sending neuron

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Reuptake

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Enables muscle action, learning, and memory (with Alzheimer’s these ____ producing neurons deteriorate

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Acetylcholine (ACh)

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Influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion (excess leads to schizophrenia, too little leads to tremors similar to Parkinson’s disease

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Dopamine

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Affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal (under supply linked to depression)

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Serotonin

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Helps control alertness and arousal; also a hormone (under supply can depress mood)

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Norepinephrine

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A major inhibitory neurotransmitter (under supply linked to seizures, tremors, and insomnia)

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GABA

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Excitatory neurotransmitter; involved in memory (oversupply can overstimulate brain, producing seizures or migraines)

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Glutamate

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“Morphine within”; natural opiatelike neurotransmitters linked to pain control and to pleasure

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Endorphins

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Binds to the receptor and mimics the effects of the similar neurotransmitter

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Agonist

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Binds to the receptor but it blocks a neurotransmitter’s functioning

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Antagonist

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The body’s speedy, electrochemical communication network

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Nervous system

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The brain and the spinal cord

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Central nervous system

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The sensory and motor neurons that connect the CNS to the rest of the body

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Peripheral nervous system

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Bundled axons that form neural “cables” connecting the CNS with muscles, glands, and sense organs

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Nerves

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Part of the peripheral nervous system; controls the body’s skeletal muscles

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Somatic

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Part of the peripheral nervous system; controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs (such as the heart)

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Autonomic

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Part of the autonomic system; arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situations

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Sympathetic

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Prt of the autonomic system; the division that calms the body, conserving its energy

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Parasympathetic

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A part of the central nervous system; a simple, automatic response to a story stimulus

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Reflex

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The body’s “slow” chemical communication system; a set of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream

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Endocrine system

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Chemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine glands, travel through the bloodstream, and affect other tissues

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Hormones

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A pair of endocrine glands that sit just above the kidneys and secrete hormones (epinephrine and norepinephrine) that help arouse the body in times of stress

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Adrenal glands

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The endocrine system’s most influential gland; under the influence of the hypothalamus, regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands; the master gland

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Pituitary glands

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