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Chapter 3 - The Total Response Mechanism Flashcards

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An interdisciplinary field of study concerned with the st ucture, function, development and biochemistry of the nervous system

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Neuro-science

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Psychological bases of behavior

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Neuro-science
Psychobiology
Neuro-psychology

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The study of psychological nases of human behavior

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Psychobiology

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The field of psychology concerned with the neural and biochemical bases of behavior and mental processes

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Neuro-psychology

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Purpose of nervous system

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To gather and process information
Produce responses to stimuli
Coordinate the working of the different cells

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2 interrelated divisions of the nervous system

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Central N.S.

Peripheral N.S.

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Made up of the brain and the spinal cord

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Central nervous system

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Which connects the brain and the spinal cord to everything else in the body such as the sense organs muscles and glands

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Peripheral nervous sytem

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Is a large rope like segment of nerve tissue extending down the vertebral column

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Spinal cord

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Are simple, inborn, automatic responses of some parts of the body.

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Reflexes

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Also known as the startle reflex, is one of the infantile reflexes

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Moro reflex

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O e of the infantile reflexes. It is normal in children up to 2 yrs old, but it disappears just as the child ages and the nervous system becomes more developed

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Babinski reflex

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Os the reduction of the pupil in size in response to light

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Pupillary reflex

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Protected by the skull, is the organ of our body that most directly controls our thoughts, emotions, and motivation

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Brain

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Core of the brain

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Hindbrain
Forebrain
Midbrain

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Hindbrain

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Medulla oblongata
Pons varoli
Cerebellum

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It plays an important role in autonomic activities

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Medulla oblongata

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Made up largely by nerve fibers that connect higher and lower levels of the nervous system

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Pons varoli

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Role is to maintain posture and to smooth out coordinate complex muscular activities

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Cerebellum

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Serves as the link between hindbrain and forebrain, and has a special role in audio and auditory activities

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Midbrain

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Composes of two large cerebral hemispheres and a number of important structures within the central regions of the hemispheres

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Forebrain

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Forebrain

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Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Cerebrum

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2 important structures buried into the central reguons of the cerebral hemispheres

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Reticular activating system

Limbic system

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Important in activating the cortex of the cerebral hemispheres, has a significant role in consciousness, attention and sleep

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Reticular activating system

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It controls the state of arousal awareness

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Reticular activating system

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It is important in organizing activities needed to satisfy our basic motivations and emotional needs

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Limbic system

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2 divisions of the peripheral nervous system

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Somatic ns

Autonomic ns

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Skeletal ns

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Somatic ns

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Include sensory system and the motor nerves that activate skeletal muscles responsible for movement

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Somatic ns

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Is concerned with the activities of the body that make us alive

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Autonomic

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2 subdivisions of autonomic nervous system

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Sympathetic nervous system

Parasympathetic nervous system

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A system of ductless glands that regulates bodily functions via hormones secreted into the bloodstream

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Endocrine system

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Special chemical messengers known as ____ that are directly released into the bloodstream because they have no ducts pr structured passageways to the organs that they serve

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Hormones

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According to CLIFFORD MORGAN, it is the tendency of the body to maintain balance among internal physiological condition

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Homeostasis

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Major human endocrine glamds

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Pituitary
Thyroid
Adrenal
Pancreas
Parathyroid
Gonads
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Body temperature

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36.7-37.7

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Hupothermia

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Low body temperature

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Huperthermia

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High body temperature

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Hypoglycemia

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Low blood sugar

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Hyperglycemia

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High blood sugar

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Symptoms of Diabetes Mellitus

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Polydypsia
Polyfagia
Polyuria

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Excessive or abnormal thirst

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Polydypsia

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Excessive eating or gluttony

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Polyfagia

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Excessive passage of urine

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Polyuria or hydruria

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Blood pressure

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120/80

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Hypotension

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Low blood pressure

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Hypertension

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High blood pressure

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Chemical substances which are secreted by organs called glands and affect the functioning of the organs

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Hormones

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Growth Stimulation Hormones

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Insulin
Melatonin
Various hormones that produces by the adrenal glands are involved in emotion and response to stress

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Enables glucose to move out the blood into the cells of the muscles and the other tissues

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Insulin

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Which os secreted by the pineal body, a small gland the within the brain. Appears to regulate certain biological rhythm

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Metabolism

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The outer layer which produces cortisone

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Cortex

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Inne rlayer produces epinephrime

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Medull

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Male sex hormones

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Testosterone/ANDROGEN

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Female sex hormones

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Estrogen

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Stimulates female secondary organ characteristics and behaviors and maintains pregnancy

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Progesterone

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