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Sensory Nerves

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Send sensory info to brain (Touch, taste, sight, smell, sound)

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Interneurons

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Process info in brain/spinal cord

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Motor Nerves

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Send info to body about movement

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Neurotransmitters

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Chemical messenger for neurons. *Axon terminals store neurotransmitters *Drugs = normal transmitters get ticked off and leave

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Antagonist (Inhibitory Effect)

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Blocks neurotransmitters, neuron less likely to fire

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Agonist (Excitatory Effect)

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Mimics neurotransmitters, neuron more likely to fire

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Central Nervous System (CNS)

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Brain and spinal cord (interneurons)

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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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Everything else in body (sensory/motor neurons)

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Somatic Nervous System

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Controls voluntary movements

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Autonomic Nervous System

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Automatic Body Functions

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Sympathetic Division

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Amps you up (Fight or Flight Mode)

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Parasympathetic Division

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Calms you down (Rest and Digest Mode)

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Hormones

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Chemical messengers for glands

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Pituitary Gland

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Regulates other glands, communicates with brain

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CAT/CT Scan

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X-Rays of slices through the brain

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MRI

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Magnet field measures tissue

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EEG

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Record neurons firing

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PET Scan

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Consume radioactive sugar, shows brain region activity

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Brain Stem

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Life support functions

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Medulla (Oblongata)

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Regulates heartbeat and breathing

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Reticular Formation

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Controlling wakefulness and arousal

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Thalamus

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Sensory switchboard

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Cerebellum

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Coordinates voluntary movements and balance

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Limbic System

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Regulates maintenance activities

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Hypothalamus

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Eating, drinking, body temp, arousal

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Hippocampus

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Processes memories for storage

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Amygdala

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Controls emotional response

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Cerebral Cortex

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Controls information processing (higher order thinking)

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Frontal Lobe

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Involved in planning and judgment

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Parietal Lobe

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General association area (junk drawer)

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Occipital Lobe

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Processes vision

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Temporal Lobe

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Processes hearing

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Motor Cortex

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Controls voluntary movements

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Somatosensory/sensory Cortex

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Processes body sensations

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Left Hemisphere of Brain

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Controls right side of body, controls language and logic

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Right Hemisphere of Brain

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Controls left side of body, processes visual, creative, spacial stuff

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Longitudinal Fissure

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Crevice that divides both hemispheres

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Corpus Callosum

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Connects two hemispheres, allows them to communicate

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