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Introduction Flashcards

1
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Distributed Processing

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There isnt just one area for a specific task

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2
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PET scan

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Positron emission tomography

Indirectly measures O2 use

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3
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fMRI

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging

Blood flow

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4
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EEG

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Electroencaphalogram

Electrical activity

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5
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Hindbrain

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Medulla Oblongata
Pons
Cerebellum

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6
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Forebrain

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Diencephalon

Cerebrum

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Diencephalon

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Thalamus

Hypothalamus

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8
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Cerebrum

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Basal ganglia
Hippocampus
Amygdaloid nuclei
Overlying lobes

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9
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Midbrain

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Tectum w/ superior and inferior colliculi

Cerebral peduncle

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10
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Motor Cortex

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Precentral Gyrus

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11
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Somatic Sensory Cortex

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Postcentral Gyrus

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12
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Wernicke’s area

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Language processing

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13
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Broca’s area

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Produces speach

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14
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Aphasia

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Language disorder that affects a persons ability to communicate

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15
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Unipolar Nerve Cell

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Cell body at one end

Axon and dentrites on the other

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Bipolar Nerve Cell

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Dendrites then cell body then axon

17
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Pseudounipolar Nerve Cell

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Dendrites then uninterrupted axon with cell body sprout

18
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Oligodendrocyte

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Support cell of the CNS myelinates multiple nerve cells

19
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Schwann Cell

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Support cell of the PNS myelites by wrapping nerve

20
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Protoplasmic Astrocyte

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Found in gray matter

Sheet like appendages

21
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Fibrous Astrocyte

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Found in white matter

Long, fine processes that contain intermediate filaments

22
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Microglia

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Immune system cells of the NS

23
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Macroglia

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Oligodendrocytes
Schwann Cells
Astrocytes

24
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Regions of a nerve cell

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Input Region
Integrative Region
Conductive Region
Output Region

25
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Feed Forward Inhibition

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Enhances effect of pathway by suppressing opposite affect

26
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Feedback Inhibition

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Self Regulation effect that turns off effect at the same time as causing it

27
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Plasticity

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Short term physiological changes can change the effectiveness of a synapse

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