Exam 1 Flashcards
Nervous System
A complex network of nerves and cells that carry messages to and from the brain and spinal cord to various parts of the body.
Neurobiology
The study of the nervous system and its function.
Aristotle
Believed the brain was used primarily to cool the body and the heart controls thoughts.
Hypocrites
The father of medicine. Believed the brain controlled thoughts and emotions.
Phineas Gage
1848 got a rod projected through the head destroying the frontal part of his brain.
Histology
The study of microscopic cells and tissues.
Immunohistochemestry
A technique used to examine molecular features of neurons glial cells.
Golgi staining
Allows for the labeling of individual neurons including their axons.
Charles Darwin
Heritable Variation, genetic variations that will determine the characteristics of offspring.
The nervous system is decided into what two parts?
The central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system.
The peripheral nervous system is divided into …
The Autonomic and Somatic nervous system.
The autonomic nervous system is divided into …
The sympathetic (fight or flight) and parasympathetic (rest and digest) nervous systems.
The somatic nervous system is divided into …
Sensory nervous system (afferent) and motor (efferent) nervous system.
What makes up gray matter?
Neuron cell bodies, dendrites and synapses.
What makes up white matter
Axons; Axon terminals/fiber tracks; myelination
A.
Dorsal
