Chapter 2 Neuroscience Flashcards
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Component of neuron: dendrites
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Receive info from other neurons and pass it onto cell body
2
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Cell body
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Decided to pass info on or not
3
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Axon
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Travels the signal
4
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Myelin sheath
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Makes signal go faster: fatty
5
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Axon terminals
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Send neurotransmitters to other neurons
6
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How neurons communicate
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Partly chemical (between neurons) partly electrical (within neurons)
7
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Components of central nervous system
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Brain and spinal cord
8
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Four lobes
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Frontal-higher thinking
Parietal-senses
Occipital-eye sight (back)
Temporal-auditory
9
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Nervous system
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Peripheral and central
10
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Autonomic (involuntary muscles)
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Parasympathetic-rest and digest
Sympathetic- fight or flight
11
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Amygalda
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Emotions
12
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Hypothalamus
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Homeostasis keep body in check
13
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Hippocampus
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Deals with memory
14
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Thalamus
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Senses go except smell
15
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Medulla
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Involuntary functions (heartbeat)
