Neurology Flashcards
Axon
Action potentional moves thru the axon to the nerve terminals
Soma
In the cell body and contains the nucleus. Info is carried to and from here
Dendrites
Part of the neuron that carries info to cell body
Axon terminal
-The endpoint of the axon, -neurotransmitters are here
Synapse
A small gap seperating the neurons over which info flows
NEUROTRANSMITTERS
Conmunication of info between neurons by chemicals accross synapse
Frontal lobe
Reasoning,expressive language
Dammage: sexual habit change, socialization and attention
Occiptal
At the back
Visual stimuli interpretation
Dam: visual diff, recog diff
Temporal
Auditory stimulation,language hippo located here
Dam: memory speech probs
Parietal
Pressure touch
Contains somasensory cortex
Dam: verbal,eye gaze, language
Neuron
They communicate with eachother and control the actions of the body