Chapter 3 Flashcards
How does Glial support the nervous system?
1) Provides energy
2) Facilitates communication among neurons
3) Maintains chemical enviroment
What are the two separate nervous systems?
Central Nervous System & Peripheral Nervous System
What does the Nervous System use to send and receive information?
Neurons
What is the Thalamus?
The Relay Station of the Forebrain.
What does the Hypothalamus do?
Regulates ANS (fight or flight response) HPA Axis which controls the 4 F's and your biological clock
What are the 4 F’s?
Fighting, Feeding, Fleeing, Fucking
What does the Hippocampus effect?
Memory.
What does the Corpus Callosum do?
Connects the left and right hemispheres.
The Amygdala effects….?
Recognition of emotion or production of emotion.
List the four things effected by the Sensory Cortex.
Touch, Temperature, Pain, and Pressure.
What is Hemineglect?
Occurs when damage happens to the right Parietal Lobe. Patients effected by this tend to ignore the left side of the world.
List two Cortex(s) associated with the Occipital Lobe.
The Visual and Association Cortex.
What does the Frontal Lobe control?
Motor Cortex,
Planning, emotional and impulse control, personality
The left Hemisphere processes language from the ____ side of our world.
Right. (Vice Versa as well)
What does the Left Hemisphere control?
Logic and Language (not just speech).