Biology Of The Mind

Question 0

A nerve cell

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Neuron

Question 1

The scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes

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Biological psychology

Question 2

The neuron’s extension that passes messages through its branching terminal fibers that form junctions with other neuron’s, muscles, or glands

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Axon

Question 3

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

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Dendrites

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Can be very long, projecting several feet through the body

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Axons

Question 5

How does information flow through a neuron?

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Dendrites receive, nucleus process the info, axon sends out the info

Question 6

A brief electrical charge that travels down an axon

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Action potential

Question 7

What is the junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrites, or cell body, of the receiving neuron?

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Synaptic gap / synapse

Question 8

Chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons

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Neurotransmitters

Question 9

The process of the sending neuron re absorbing the excess transmitters is referred to as:

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Reuptake

Question 10

Molecules that may be similar enough go a neurotransmitter to bind to its receptors and mimic its effects

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Agonist

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Bind to receptors but their effect is to block a neurotransmitters functioning

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Antagonist

Question 12

The body’s speedy, electrochemical communication network, consisting of all the nerve cells of the peripheral and central nervous systems

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Nervous system

Question 13

What is the central nervous system?

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Brain and spinal cord

Question 14

The sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body

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Peripheral nervous system

Question 15

Bundled axons that form neural “cables”

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Nerves

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What are the 3 types of neuron?

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Sensory, motor, interneurons

Question 17

The nervous system that enables voluntary control of skeletal muscles

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Somatic nervous system

Question 18

The nervous system that controls the glands and muscles of the internal organs

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Autonomic nervous system

Question 19

The endocrine system’s Mose influential gland. Under the influence of the hypothalamus, it regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands

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Pituitary gland

Question 20

The oldest part and central core of the brain, where the spinal cord swells as it enters the skull

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The brain stem

Question 21

The brain’s sensory switchboard, located on top of the brain stem

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Thalamus

Question 22

The intricate Fabric of interconnected neural cells covering the cerebral hemispheres; the body’s ultimate control and information processing center

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Cerebral cortex

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What are the four lobes?

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Frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal

Question 24

Area at the front of the parietal loves that registers and processes body touch and movement

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Sensory cortex

Question 25

An area at the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movement

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Motor cortex

Question 26

Does the brain have sensory receptors?

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No

Question 27

What are the areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor sensory functions?

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Association areas

Question 28

Can a person live with a split brain?

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Yes