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Ch. 2 Biopsychology Flashcards

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Nervous System

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

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Central Nervous System (CNS)

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the brain and spinal cord

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Spinal Cord

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a two-way info highway connecting the PNS and the brain

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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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

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Reflex

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a simple, automatic response to a sensory stimulus (ex: knee jerk response)

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Somatic Nervous System

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division of the PNS that controls the body’s skeletal muscles (also called skeletal nervous system)

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Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)

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the part of the PNS that controls self-regulated action of glands and muscles of the internal organs (ex. Heart)
(sympathetic and parasympathetic)

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Sympathetic Nervous System

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division of the ANS that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situations

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

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division of the ANS that calms the body, conserving it energy

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Neurons

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the nerve cells; basic building block of the nervous system

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Endocrine System

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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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Hormones

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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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Dendrites

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connect to synapse of previous neuron; A neuron’s branching extensions that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body

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Axon

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the neuron extension that passes messages through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands

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Myelin Sheath

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a fatty tissue layer segmentally encasing the axons of some neurons; enables vastly greater transmission speed as neural impulses hop from one node to the next

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Terminal Branches

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end of neuron, connect to another neuron’s dendrites

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How neurons work

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look at paper

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Acetylcholine (ACh)

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Learning and memory, muscle movement

Alzheimers disease= Ach-producing neurons deteriorate

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Endorphins

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“morphine within”; lessen pain; resembles opiates in structure & effects
(Oversupply with opiate drugs can suppress the body’s natural endorphin supply)

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Dopamine

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movement, learning, attention, and emotion
(Decreased levels= Parkinson’s
Excess= Schizophrenia)

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Serotonin

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regulation of mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal

-Decreased levels= depression (Prozac & other antidepressants increase serotonin levels)

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Norepinephrine

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affects alertness and arousal

Decreased levels= depressed mood

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4 lobes of the brain

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occipital
parietal
temporal
frontal

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Occipital lobe: (visual cortex)

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vision (at the back of head)

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Parietal lobe: (sensory cortex)

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touch, spacial abilities, integration of sensory info (at the top and to the rear)

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Temporal lobe: (auditory cortex, hippocampus)

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hearing, memory (just above ears)

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Frontal lobe

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“executive” planning, decision making, rational activity, inhibition, socially appropriate behavior; personality (behind forehead)

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Broca’s area

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controls language expression

area of frontal lobe usually in left hemisphere, that directs muscle movements involved in speech

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Wernicke’s area

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controls language reception

a brain area involved in language comprehension and expression, usually in left temporal lobe

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EEG (electroencephalogram)

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an amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity sweeping across the brain’s surface

Measured by electrodes placed on the scalp

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PET scan (positron emission tomography)

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a visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task
-use calories while performing task
“Hot spots” show most active brain areas

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MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)

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a technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer-generated images of soft tissue)
-Show brain anatomy

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fMRI (functional MRI)

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technique for revealing blood flow and, therefore, brain activity by comparing successive MRI scans
-Show brain function as well as structure

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7 glands of endocrine system

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adrenal
pituitary
parathyroid
thyroid
pancreas
testis
ovary
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Adrenal Glands

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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 (helps trigger fight-or-flight response)

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Pituitary Gland

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system’s most influential gland. Under influence of hypothalamus, the pituitary regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands

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Parathyroids

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help regulate level of calcium in blood

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Thyroid gland

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affects metabolism

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Pancreas

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regulates level of sugar in the blood

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Amygdala

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fear, aggression

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Association Areas

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higher mental functioning, integrate and interpret info, individualized (can’t “map” most areas but some areas common)

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Broca’s Area

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speech production

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Cerebellum

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coordination of voluntary movement and balance; nonverbal learning and memories (“muscle memory”)

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Cerebral Cortex

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complex thought; body’s ultimate control & info processing center

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Corpus Callosum

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connects 2 hemispheres

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Hippocampus

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memory

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Hypothalamus

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regulator of basic needs such as hunger, thirst, sex, temperature regulation; governs endocrine system (hormones)

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Limbic System

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hypothalamus, hippocampus, amygdala

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Medulla

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heartbeat, breathing reflexes (sneezing, coughing)

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Motor Cortex

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movement and motor control

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Pons

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helps coordinate movement (talks to cerebellum), sleep

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Reticular Formation

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nerve network that regulates arousal (sleep vs. attention)

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Sensory Cortex

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registers sensory messages (touch)

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Thalamus

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directs messages to sensory areas in cortex (sight, touch, taste, hearing); transmits replies to cerebellum and medulla

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