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Chapter 6 Flashcards

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Neurons send electrical signals which cross the synapse by the flow of _______

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Neurotransmitters

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Thus ensures effective and speedy message transmission

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  • Myelin
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What are the 3 phases of brain development?

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  1. Cell production (Neurons are produced between 10& 26 wks post conception
  2. Cell migration (nerve cells travel from the inner neural tube outward to final location)
  3. Cell elaboration (synapses are formed, nerve cells are ‘pruned’
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Axons like connections form during _______

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Migration

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This is a combination of an axon expanding and dendritic sprouting that provides the ingredients for forming synapses. It mostly occurs between birth and 24 months

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  • Synaptogenesis
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Myelination occurs after cell _______

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  • Migration
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This is a chemical that transmits electrical activity from one Neurons across the synapse to another Neuron

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  • Neurotransmitter
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Noradrenaline, Dopamine, Serotonin, and Cholingeric are the 4 ____________ systems

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  • Neurotransmitter
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The brain stem, midbrain, and cerebrum are the 3 _____ parts of the brain

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  • Major
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The frontal lobe contains the Broca’s area. What is it responsible for?

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  • Speech formation
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What is the difference between the left and right hemispheres of the cerebrum?

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  • Left = language performance, verbal memory, words and concepts
  • Right = spatial and mathematical tasks
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The temporal lobe contains the wornicke’s area, what is it responsible for?

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  • Language
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Body sensations such as touch are controlled by the ______ lobe.

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  • Parietal
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Visual association aka sight is controlled by what lobe?

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  • Occipital
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The cerebellum controls what?

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  • Movement
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Techniques and technologies that enable scientists to generate “functional” maps of brain activity through measurements of changes in either the brain’s metabolism, blood flow, or electrical activity,

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  • Neuroimaging techniques
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What are the 3 Neuroimaging techniques?

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  1. Measure electrical brain activity
  2. Distinguish physical structure of the brain
  3. Assess the functional metabolic activity of the brain
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EEG’s and ERP’s are two methods to measure _________ activity in the brain

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  • Electrical
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A PET scan measures the ________ structure of the brain

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  • Functional
20
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Nerve cells in the brain which transmit activity through axons and dendrites

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  • Neurons

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