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Biological Psychology Flashcards

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A period of inactivity after a neuron has fired

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Refractory Period

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Level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse

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Threshold

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Meeting point between neurons

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Synapse

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Chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons

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Neurotransmitters

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A neurotransmitters reabsorption by the sending neuron

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Reuptake

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A molecule that stimulates a response

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Agonist

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A molecule that inhibits or blocks a response

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Antagonist

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Brain and spinal chord

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Central Nervous System

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Sensory and motor neurons that connect the cns to the body

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Peripheral Nervous System

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Neurons that carry incoming info from sensory receptors to brain and spinal chord

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Sensory Neurons

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Neurons that carry outgoing info from brain to muscles and glands

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Motor Neurons

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The division if the peripheral nervous system that controls the body’s skeletal muscles

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Somatic Nervous System

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Controls glands and muscles

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Automatic Nervous System

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Arouses body

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Sympathetic Nervous System

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Calms body

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

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Slow chemical communication system

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Endocrine System

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Endocrine glands that sit above kidneys

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Adrenal glands

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Regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands

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Pituitary Gland

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Base of brainstem; controls heart beat and breathing

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Medulla

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Sensory control center; top of brainstem

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Thalamus

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Two lima bean clusters in limbic system linked to emotion

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Amygdala

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Lies under the thalamus directs maintenance activities

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Hypothalamus

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Body’s ultimate control and info processing center

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Cerebral Cortex

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Band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them

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Corpus Callosum

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A brief electrical charge that travels down an axon

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Action Potential

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