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Chapter 3 (Biology) Flashcards

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Acetylcholine function

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Motor movement

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Dopamine deficiency

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Parkinson

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Endorphins

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Pain control

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Endorphins involved in

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Addiction

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GABA🥱

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Inhibitory

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Glutamate

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Excitatory

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Norepinephrine

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Alertness

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Serotonin🙂

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Mood

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Clinical Depression is due to lack of

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Serotonin

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Depressions also in low

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Norepinephrine

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Neurotransmitters that are involved in mirror movement

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Acetylcholine and dopamine

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Efferent neurons are

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Motor neurons

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Efferent neurons take information from the ———-to the rest of the body

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Brain

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Afferent neurons are

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Sensory neurons

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Afferent neurons take information from the ————- to the brain

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Senses

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Central nervous system consists of ———and ————

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Brain and spinal cord

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Peripheral nervous system is divided into two categories————and ————

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Somatic and autonomic

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Somatic nervous system controls——-

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Voluntary muscle movement

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Autonomic nervous system controls

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Automatic functions of the body

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Autonomic nervous system is divided into

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Sympathetic and parasympathetic

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The ———-nervous system is activated in stress

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Sympathetic

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The nervous system that slows down our bodies is

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Parasympathetic

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EEG detects

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Brain waves

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which brain test is used in sleep research

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EEG

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Computerized axial tomography (cat scan or ct scan ) shows

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3d image of the brain structure

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Ct scan doesn’t show

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Brain function or activity

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Ct scan uses

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X-ray

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MRI uses————-fields

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Magnetic fields

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MRI gives information about

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Structure of the brain

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PET scan stands for

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Positron emission tomography

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PET scan shows

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Brain activity during certain tasks

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Functional MRI shows

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Brain structure and blood flow

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Three major section of the brain

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Forebrain hindbrain and midbrain

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Hindbrain consists of

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Pons medulla and cerebullum

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Medulla function

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Controls vital functions

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Pons function

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Facial expression

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Cerebellum means

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Little brain

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Cerebellum function

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Coordination of muscle movement

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Midbrain location

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Between forebrain and hindbrain

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Midbrain contains

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Reticular formation

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Reticular formation controls

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General body alertness

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Damage to reticular formation causes

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Deep coma

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Thalamus receives———from the spinal cord and sends them to appropriate areas in the

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Sensory The brain

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Hypothalamus controls

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Hormone(endocrine)
Temperature 
Hunger
Thirst
Sexual arousal(libido)
Metabolic functions
Biological ryhtm
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Amygdala is responsible for

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Emotions

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Memories are processed in

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The amygdala

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True or false

Memories are processed but not stored in the amygdala

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True

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Contra lateral control in the brain means

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Each hemisphere gets sensory messages and controls motor functions of the opposite side

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Corpus callosum connects

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The two brain hemispheres

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True or false

Cerebral cortex has eight lobes

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True

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Association areas in the cerebral cortex are

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Areas if the cortex that are don’t receive sensory information or control muscle movement
Example judgement and humor

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Prefrontal cortex plays an important role in

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Thought process
judgment
emotional control

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Language areas in the brain are

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Wernicke’s

Broca’s

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Wernicke’s area is located in which brain lobe

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Temporal lobe

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Broca,s area is located in ———- and controls————-

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The LEFT hemisphere

Muscles involved in speech

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Motor cortex is in which brain lobe

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Frontal

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Parietal lobes of the brain contain

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Sensory cortex

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Occipital lobes contains

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Visual cortex

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Impulses from right half of each retina are processed in which brain cortex

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Right occipital

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Temporal lobes processes

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Sound

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Temporal lobe have which language area

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Wernicke’s

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Damage to Wernicke’s area In the temporal lobe affects our ability to

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Understand language

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Written and spoken speech are processed in

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Wernicke’s area

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Brain plasticity means

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Parts of the brain can adapt to perform other functions if needed.

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The endocrine system is controlled in the brain by which part of the brain

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Hypothalamus

66
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Adrenal glands produce

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Adrenaline

67
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True or false

Most human traits result from the combined effect of nature(genes) and nurture(environment)

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True

68
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Down syndrome are born with ——-and gave————

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One extra chromosome

Mental retardation

69
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Business

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