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3 regions of the brain

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midbrain, forbrain, hindbrain

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case study that found out where emotions are localized in the brain

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Phineas Gage

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hindbrain

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cerebellum, medulla, pons; basic fundamentals for survival/ living

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midbrain

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relay system; transmits information necessary for vision and hearing

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forebrain

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thalamus, hypothalamus, pituitary gland, pineal gland, cerebral cortex; movement, sensory processing, emotions

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cerabellum

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coordinating movement and balance; integrate and redefine sensory and motor info

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maddula

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respiration, circulation, breathing, blood pressure, etc; autonomic NS

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pons

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transmit info from medulla/cerebellum to forebrain

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thalmus

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relay station for sensory info to brain; sends to specific specialized region

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hypothalamus and pituitary gland

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The hypothalamus produces several releasing and inhibiting hormones that act on the pituitary gland, stimulating the release of pituitary hormones; endocrine system powerhouse

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pineal gland

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circadian rhythm; regulated production and circulation of melatonin

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cerebral cortex

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higher-level processing; language, memory, reasoning, thought, learning, decision-making, emotion, intelligence and personality

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what does the folded struct in the cerebral cortex do?

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increases the brain’s surface area so more neurons -> higher cognitive function

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gray matter

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soma and dendrites of neurons

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white matter

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myelinated axons of dendrites

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gyrus

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ridge of the cerebral cortex

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fissure

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large furrow that divides the brain into lobed

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sulcus

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shallower grooves surrounding a gyrus

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what cortex is in the frontal lobe

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olfactory and gustatory cortices= taste and smell
*responsible for decision making and complex thinking

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what cortex is in the parietal lobe

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primary somatosensory cortex= detect pain, temp, position and vibration
*body and spatial awareness

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what cortex is in the occipital lobe

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visual cortex= processes visual info

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what cortex is in the temporal lobe

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auditory cortex= processes speech and sound

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central suclus

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separates the primary motor and primary somatosensory cortices; these 2 cortices in constant communication

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limbic system function

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processing and regulating emotions, memory, and learning

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key parts of limbic system

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hippocampus and amygdala

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hippocampus role

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memory center; hold short-term memories and transfer them to long-term storage

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amygdala role

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emotion center; fight or flight responses

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dopamine

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happiness/ pleasure neurotrasmitter

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serotonin

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satiation of happiness neurotransmitter

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start of reward pathway

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VTA

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4 parts of reward pathway

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-amygdala: feeling the reward
-hippocampus: having memory of that feeling
-nucleus accumbens: understanding what you did physically to achieve that feeling
PFC: focus on feeling

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what happens to reward pathway activation as dopamine increased

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increased activation

33
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what happens when reward pathway continuously activated

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more serotonin must be released to feel same level of satiation/ reward
ex. drug addiction

34
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physiological causes of depression

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  • not enough of a neurotransmitter made
  • not enough postsynaptic receptors
  • too fast presynaptic reuptake
35
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depression is in imbalance of which neurotransmitters?

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dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine

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cognition

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the ability to take in, interpret and recall knowledge, learning and forming thought

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what relays info to cerebral cortex

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hippocampus

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how is information solidified -> LTM

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during sleep

39
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synaptic plasticity

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more we use synapse the stronger it becomes
* enlarged dendrites
* more ligand gated ion channels

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process of learning

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strengthening synapse through positive feedback -> makes easier to recall

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long term potentiation

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a long-lasting increase in synaptic efficacy following high-frequency stimulation of afferent fibers.

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EEG

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tracks brain activity by measuring electrical impulses

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brain waves when awake

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beta waves

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brain waves when sleep

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delta waves

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stages of sleep: N1

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drowsy, in between awake and asleep

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stages of sleep: N2

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onset of sleep; heart rate and body temp drop

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stages of sleep: N3

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deepest state of sleep and most restorative for bodyl blood pressure, metabolism and breathing drop

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stages of sleep: REM

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dream state and very restorative for the brain; happens 90 mins after sleep and every 90 mins in cycle
* STM -> LTM

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3 steps of learning

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1) acquisition; new info comes in
2) consolidation; memories stabilize during sleep
3) recall; access stored info

50
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3 types of muscle (rank fastest/ most power -> slowest)

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skeletal, cardiac, smooth

51
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what type of muscle does not have stratiaton

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smooth

52
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why can muscles get bigger/smaller

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wrapped in connective tissues (flexible lining)

53
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muscle bundle

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a section of striated muscle wrapped in connective tissue filled with muscle fibers; a bunch of fused nuclei

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myofibril

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longitudinal parallel contractile elements of a muscle cell that are composed of myosin and actin.

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stratiatons: thin filaments

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actin

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striations: thick filaments

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myosin

57
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how are muscles contracted

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tropmyosin binds to actin

58
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sacroemre

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the basic contractile unit of muscle fiber; myosin and actin sliding past each other

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A band

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dark section of sarcomere that does NOT change length during muscle contraction; myosin and actin overlap

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I band

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light section of sarcomere that shortens during muscle contraction; only actin

61
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how much shorter does the I band get during contraction

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30%

62
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what happens to filaments when muscles contract

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thin filaments slide in (actin)

63
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cross bridge cycle (4 steps)

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1) myosin head binds to ATP -> detach from actin
2) hydrolysis of ATP -> ADP; myosin head cocks back
3) myosin head binds to actin binding site to form cross bridge
4) ADP released to produce power stroke -> thin filament slides

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what happens to the sarcomere when the filaments slide

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shortens

65
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muscle excitation

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motor neurons synapse with muscle cell -> release acetylcholine -> depolarize them (Na+)

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t-tubules

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sewer drains for Na+ ions -> depolarize sarcoplasmic reticulum -> release Ca++

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what does Ca++ do

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binds to troponin to moves tropomyosin out of the way so myosin can bind -> stimulated contraction

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what happens when there is low Ca++

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myosin binding site is blocked and muscle is relaxed

69
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Antagonist Muscles

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2 muscle groups working to do opposite things; flexion and elongation
ex. biceps and triceps

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agonist muscles

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multiple muscle groups work to do the same thing; either flexion or extension

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why do smooth muscles contract slower

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-not striated so no troponin or tropomyosin -> less contraction force
- less Ca++ pumps -> slower contraction

72
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tetanic contraction

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muscle contraction of sustained force

73
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twitch

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response from a single action potential fired

74
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muscle action potenial differences from neuron

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resting = -90 mV
goes up to only +30 mV
no refractory/ hyperpolarization period

75
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force summation

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second action potential fired before muscle has fully relaxed; increasing frequency of stimulation = greater force (summation)

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