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Biological Basis Flashcards

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Made up of brain and spinal cord

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Central Nervous System

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The rest of the nervous system, e.g. not brain or spinal cord

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Peripheral Nervous System

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Somatic Nervous System

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Voluntary Movement

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Autonomic Nervous System

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Involuntary movement of muscle

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Arouses the body for fight or flight

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Sympathetic Nervous System

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

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establishes homeostasis after a sympathetic response (inhibitory)

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Chemicals released in the synaptic gap and received by neurons

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Neurotransmitters

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Major inhibitory neurotransmitter

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GABA

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major Excitatory neurotransmitter

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glutamatE

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Neurotransmitter that effect internal reward system and movement

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Dopamine

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Neurotransmitter that effects moods and emotions

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Serotonin

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Hormone effecting memory

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Acetylcholine

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Hormones involved in sympathetic nervous system arousal

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Epinephrine and Norepinephrine

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Effect pain control and happiness

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Endorphins

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Hormone related to love and bonding (also uterine contractions)

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Oxytocin

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Drugs that mimic a neurotransmitter

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Agonist

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Drug that blocks a neurotransmitter

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Antagonist

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when unused neurotransmitters are taken back up into the sending neuron; SSRIs block this

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Reuptake

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Oldest part of the brain

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Hindbrain

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Part of brain involved with movement

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Cerebellum

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Part of brain that controls vital organs, e.g. the heart

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Medulla Oblongata

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Part of the brain involved with sleep/arousal

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Pons

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Part of the brain concerned with the attention span

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Reticular Formation

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Region of the brain concerned with higher thought process

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Forebrain

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Part of the brain responsible for fear and emotions

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Amygdala

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Part of the brain responsible for memory

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Hippocampus

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Relay center of the brain

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Thalamus

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Part of the brain referred to as the pleasure center and concerned with eating behaviors

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Hypothalamus

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The area of the brain concerned with speech

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Broca’s Area

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the area of the brain concerning comprehension of speech

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Wernicke’s Area

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Outer region of the brain

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Cerebral Cortex

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Located in the back of the head; concerned with vision

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Occipital Lobe

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Part of brain concerned with decision making, planning, judgement, movement, personality

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Frontal Lobe

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Located on top of the head and responsible for processing sensations (sensory input)

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Parietal Lobe

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Located on the sides of the head; related to hearing and face recognition

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Temporal Lobe

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map of sensory receptors, in parietal lobe

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Somatosensory cortex

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Map of our motor receptors, in frontal lobe

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Motor cortex

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Bundle of nerves that connect the 2 hemispheres of the brain; sometimes severed in patients with severe seizures

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Corpus Callosum

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the belief that functions are preformed in specific regions of the brain

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Lateralization

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Completed by Sperry & Gazzanaga; images shown to the right hemisphere will be processed in the left

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Split-brain experiments

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The brain’s ability to heal itself

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Brain Plasticity

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Identical Twins are referred to as:

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Monozygotic

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Fraternal twins are referred to as:

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Dizygotic

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Genetically, these twins have a higher chance of developing a disorder if the other has it

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Monozygotic

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