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Structures of the brainstem
midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata
Broca’s area lobe
frontal
wernicke’s area lobe
temporal
innervates organs that regulate autonomic functions related to digestion
parasympathetic nervous system
portion of the peripheral nervous system involved in conscious muscle control
somatic nervous system
the release of neurotransmitters from their vesicles occurs here
synaptic cleft
the process in which positive sodium ions rush into the neuron
depolarization
True or false: there is a high extracellular concentration of sodium ions in the brain
true
central nervous system glial cell that helps provide immune defense by engulfing and digesting cellular debris
microglia
type of ion channel typically along dendrites
chemically-gated channels