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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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What does a Neuron do?

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electrically excitable cell that processes and transmits information through electrical and chemical signals.

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Label parts of a Neuron

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Dendrite
Nucleus
Cell body (soma)
Axon
Myelin
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Axon/Dendrite

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Axon: Away
Dendrite: Coming in, destination

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Neurons that fire together, wire together

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Neurons that fire together, wire together

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Neuropathways

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You become entrenched in anger, sadness, etc when you go there day after day

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Parts of the brain

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Frontal
Parietal
Temporal
Occipital

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Frontal lobe

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executive functions
planning, organizing, problem solving
impulse control, decision making, memory
controlling behavior/emotions

Grows dramatically birth - adolescents

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Parietal lobe

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integrate sensory information from parts of body.
sensory cortex
symbols, reading, writing, language, math

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Temporal lobe

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Recognizing/processing sound, understanding/producing speech, memory, common fears, listening/talking to others

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Occipital lobe

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vision, shapes, colors, receiving and processing

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Cerebellum

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Located at the back/bottom of brain

balance, movement, coordination, motor control

celebrity with bells, coordination/balance

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Brain stem

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breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, swallowing, digestion

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Pituitary gland

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regulates and releases hormones, overall well being

depression, sex drive

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Thalamus

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Motor control, receive auditory sensory signals, relays to different places in brain (relay station)

Hal and Amos cops directing sensations

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Hypothalamus

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helps regulate temperature, hunger, thirst, mood, releases and controls hormones (works in conjunction with pituitary gland)

Hypo the llamas, spraying them down because they are hot and thirsty (hot flashes)

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Hippocampus

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memory, orient ourselves to surroundings, navigate

Hippo with compass, finding way because he forgot where home is

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Amygdala

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formation and storage of memories, fight or flight

Amy brain - fight or flight

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Corpus callosum

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connects the two hemispheres

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Mirror neuron

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watching someone else is like doing an activity yourself (getting tense/charged about football).

When you make a face/see a face, your brain functions the same

most basic social brain system, not necessary if you dont want to relate to others

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Brodmann’s area

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Identified parts of the brain as to what emotion it evokes. Some people believe it, many dont

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Sulcus/Gyros

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Sulcas: grove (sulk, down)
Gyros: lumps

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Prefrontal cortex

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problem solving, emotion, complex thought

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Motor association cortex

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coordination of complex movement

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Cortical Homunculus

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Pictoral representation of the anatomical divisions of the primary motor cortex and the primary somatosensory cortex

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Primary motor cortex

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initiation of voluntary movement (frontal lobe)

Frontal sulcas between this and primary somatosensory cortex

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Primary somatosensory cortex

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receives tactile information from the body (parietal lobe)

largest portion of sensory: hands

Frontal sulcas between this and primary motor cortex

27
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Sensory association area

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Processing of multisensory information

28
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Visual association area

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complex processing of visual information

29
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Visual cortex

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detection of simple visual stimuli

30
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Wernicke’s area

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language comprehension, understanding

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Broca’s area

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language production and articulation

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Auditory association area

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complex processing of auditory information

33
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auditory cortex

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detection of sound quality (loudness, tone)

34
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Left/Right body brain connection

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left side damage = right side impairment

35
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Aphasia

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disorder caused by damage to the parts of the brain that control language. Making it hard to read, write, and say what you intend.

36
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Wernicke’s aphasia

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loss of the ability to understand language, person can speak clearly, but the words put together make no sense
“word salad”

37
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Broca’s aphasia

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Prevents a person from producing speech, person can understand language, words are not properly formed, speech is slow and slurred
(typically from stroke)

38
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Lateralization

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Right hemisphere believed to be better at non verbal tasks and interpretation of emotional expression, visuo-spatial functions and non verbal memory, creative, music (for non musicians)

Left hemisphere: logical, linear, sequential, music (for musicians)

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Draw and label a neuron!

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Draw and label a neuron!

40
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Synapse

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structure that permits a neuron to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another cell (neural or otherwise)

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Neurotransmitter

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chemicals which allow the transmission of signals from one neuron to the next across synapses

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Soma

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The soma is the cell body of a neuron

43
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White matter

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contains nerve fibers. Many of these nerve fibers (axons) are surrounded by a type of fat called myelin.

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Grey matter

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Grey matter contains neural cell bodies, in contrast to white matter, which does not and mostly contains myelinated axon tracts. (cerebral cortex)

45
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Limbic system

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brain structures that lies on both sides of the thalamus.
Includes the hippocampus and amygdala.
It supports a variety of functions, including emotion, behavior, motivation, long-term memory. Primarily responsible for our emotional life, and has a great deal to do with the formation of memories.

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Neuroplasticity

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The brain’s ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life.

47
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Cerebral cortex

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layer of the brain often referred to as gray matter. It is the outer portion of the cerebrum.

48
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Hemispheres

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Two hemispheres seperated by the corpus callosum

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