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Mod 3 Flashcards

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The scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes

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Biological psychology

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The peripheral nervous system consists of

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Sensory and motor neurons

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A nerve cell that is the basic building block of the nervous system

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Neuron

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A neurons bushy Branching extensions that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body

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Dendrites

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The neuron extension that passes messages through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands

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Axon

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A fatty tissue layer segmentally encasing the axons of some neurons

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Myelin sheath

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Cells in the nervous system that support,nourish, and protect neurons.they also play a role in learning and thinking

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Glial cells

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A neural impulse

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Action potential

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Junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron

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Synapses

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Chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons

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Neuron transmitters

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Natural opiate like neuron transmitters linked to pain control and pleasure

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Endorphins

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The brain and spinal cord

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Central nervous system

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Bundled axons that form neural cables

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Neurons

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Neurons that carry incoming info from the sensory receptors to the brain and the spinal cord

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Sensory neurons

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Neurons that carry outgoing info from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands

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Motor neurons

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Neurons within the brain and spinal cord that communicate internally and intervene between the sensory inputs and motor outputs

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Inter neurons

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A simple automatic response to a sensory stimulus

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Reflex

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Chemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine glands travel through bloodstream and affect other tissues

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Hormones

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A pair of endocrine glands that sit just above that sit just above the kidneys and secrete hormones that help arouse the body at times of stress

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Adrenal gland

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The release of Blank to muscle cell receptors triggers muscle contractions

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Ach

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Although Ron has no genital sensations, he is capable of an erection if his genitals are stimulated. Ron’s experience is most indicative of ….

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A severed spinal cord

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To excite or inhibit an action potential in a receiving neuron, a neurotransmitter must cross the ….

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Synaptic gap

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The vast majority of neurons in the body’s information system are ….

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Inter neurons

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Which hormone enables contractions associated with birthing and milk flow during nursing?

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Oxytocin

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The neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ach) is most likely to be found …

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At the junction between motor neurons and muscle fibers.

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The myelin sheath that is on some neurons …

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Increases the speed of neural transmission

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Heartbeat, digestion, and other self-regulating bodily functions art governed by the …

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Autonomic nervous system

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The process by which a single neuron relays messages to other neurons is…

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Synaptic transmission

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Drugs that block the reuptake of serotonin will thereby increase the concentration of serotonin molecules in the …

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Synaptic gaps

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An axon transmits messages (blank) the cell body and a dendrite transmits messages (blank) the cell body.

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Away from..toward

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A neuron will generate action potentials when it

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Receives more excitatory than inhibitory inputs

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The pain of heroin withdrawal may be attributable to the fact that …

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Under the influence of heroin the brain ceases production of endorphins

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The release of epinephrine and norepinephrine (blank) blood pressure and (blank) blood sugar levels

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(Raises)…(raises)

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Natural, opiate-like neurotransmitters linked to pain control are called ..

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Endorphins

Physc Module 3,4,10,6 (3 decks)

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