nervous system and the transmitters stuff

Question 1

excitatory neurotransmitters

Answer 1

gas

Question 2

inhibitory neurotransmitters

Answer 2

brake

Question 3

threshold

Answer 3

minimum amt of stimulus needed for a neuron to fire

Question 4

all or none response

Answer 4

neurons either fire or they don’t

Question 5

agonist

Answer 5

• binds to receptors and mimics the neurotransmitters effects

Question 6

antagonist

Answer 6

• binds to receptors and blocks the neurotransmitters functioning

Question 7

`gland

Answer 7

secretes chemical substances

Question 8

acetylcholine

Answer 8

-excitatory
-muscle function, learning, memory, and attention
-too much = muscle spasms
too little = alzheimers

Question 9

dopamine

Answer 9

inhibitory + excitatory
- attention, memory, mood/emotion
-too much = schizophrenia
-too little = drug addiction, parkinsons disease

Question 10

serotonin

Answer 10

inhibitory
-regulates mood and social behavior
- appetite
-sleep, memory, sexual desire
too little = bad mood, not social

Question 11

norepinephrine

Answer 11

excitatory
fight or flight response

Question 12

GABA

Answer 12

main inhibitory transmitter
regulates sleep
calms you
too much = ed’s + sleep disorder
too little = anxiety + epilepsy

Question 13

glutamate

Answer 13

the main excitatory transmitter
- learning+long term memory

too much = overstimulates
brain, migraines + seizures

too little = fatigue, brain fog, bad memory

Question 14

peripheral nervous system

Answer 14

sensor + motor neurons, connects all the nervous systems

Question 15

somatic nervous system

Answer 15

controls voluntary movement of muscles

Question 16

autonomic

Answer 16

controls action of internal organs + glands

Question 17

sympathetic

Answer 17

(part of autonomic)
super nervous
hr and bp increase
pupils dialate

Question 18

parasympathetic

Answer 18

calms you down
hr and bp decrease
pupils contract

Question 19

central nervous system

Answer 19

processes, interperets, and stores information

brain + spinal cord

Question 20

our divided brain is called

Answer 20

laterization

corpus collosum is in the middle to connect

Question 21

left brain is..

Answer 21

verbal/language processing

Question 22

right brain is..

Answer 22

visual + spacial

Question 23

plasticity

Answer 23

the brains ability to change and adapt

Question 24

endocrine system

Answer 24

the email
set of glands that secrete hormones

Question 25

nervous system is like..
endocrine system is like..

Answer 25

like a Imessage
like an email

Question 26

adrenal glands

Answer 26

endocrine glands that secrete adrenaline

Question 27

epinephrine

Answer 27

adrenaline, more known as a hormone

Question 28

pituitary gland

Answer 28

controlled by hypothalamus
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