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TBP: Communication Systems, Nerves, and Hormones Flashcards

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Network of cells that carry information throughout the body

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Nervous system

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Cells that make up the nervous system

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Neurons

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Every person has…

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…80 - 100 billion neruons

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Contains Nucleus that houses DNA

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Soma

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Keeps cell alive and functioning

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Soma

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Integrates multiple incoming signals

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Soma

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Receive signals from sensory receptors and other neurons

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Dendrites

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Carries electrochemical message through the neuron to send to the next neuron

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Axon

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State of Neuron when not firing

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Resting potential

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Charge is negative

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Resting potential

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Electrical Signal

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Action potential

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Charge is positve

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Action potential

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Mylein

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Fatty “sheath” around some axons

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Gets action potential to axon terminal faster

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Mylein

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Allows charge to jump between nodes

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Mylein

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Enlarged end of axon

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Axon terminal

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Specialized to communicate between cells

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Axon terminal

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Sack-like ends of axon

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Vesicles

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Contains neurotransmitters

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Vesicles

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Chemical Messenger

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Neurotransmitter

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Released into the synapse and can bind to receptors

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Neurotransmiter

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The gaps between adjacent neurons

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Synapse

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Synaptic gap

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Synapse

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Synapse

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Synaptic gap

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three dimensional proteins of dendrites that accept only certain neurotransmitters

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Receptor cites

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Excitatory

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Increases the chance of receiving cell firing

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Inhibitory

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Decreases the chance of receiving cell firing

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Neuron support system

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Glial cells

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Coordinate neurons

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Glial cells

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Deliver nutrients to neurons

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Glial cells

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Produces mylein

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Glial cell

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Behavior

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Movement and thought

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input

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sense

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output

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movement

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Sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch

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5 traditional senses

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Nociception, Equilibrioception, Proprioception & Kinesthesia, Temporal, Thermoception, Magnetoception

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6 other senses

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Nociception

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pain

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Equilibrioception

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Balance

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Proprioception & Kinesthesia

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Joint motion & acceleration

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Temporal

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sense of time

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Thermoception

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temperature

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Magnetoception

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direction

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Ability to constantly change structure and function of cells in response to exceperiance or recovery from damage

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Neuroplasticity

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Sensitive period

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When restructuring effects are most pronounced

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Endocrine glands

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Specialized structures that secrete human growth hormone

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Pituitary gland, pineal gland, thyroid gland, pancreas, gonads, adrenal gland

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Endocrine Glands

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Located in brain and secretes human growth hormone

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Pituitary gland

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“master gland”

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Pituitary gland

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Influences all other hormone secreating glands

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Pituitatry gland

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Endocrine gland located near base of cerebrum

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Pineal gland

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Secretes melatonin

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Pineal gland

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Endocrine gland found in neck

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Thyroid gland

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regulates metabolism

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Thyroid gland

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Endocrine gland that controls level of blood sugar

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Pancreas

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The sex glands

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gonads

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Secretes hormones that regulate sexual development and behavior, and reproduction

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Gonads

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Ovaries

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female gonads

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testes

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male gonads

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Endocrine glands located at the top of each kidney

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Adrenal glands

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Secretes over thirty different hormones to deal with stress and salt intake

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Adrenal Glands`

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Controls the right Hand

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Left Hemisphere

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Controls Spoken Language

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Left Hemisphere

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Controls written language

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Left Hemisphere

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Controls Mathematical calculations

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Left Hemisphere

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Controls logical thought processes

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Left Hemisphere

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Controls Analysis of detail

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Left Hemisphere

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Controls Reading

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Left Hemisphere

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Controls the left hand

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Right Hemisphere

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Controls nonverbal

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Right Hemisphere

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Controls Visual-spatial perception

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Right Hemisphere

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Controls Music and artistic processing

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Right Hemisphere

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Controls emotional though and recognition

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Right Hemisphere

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Controls processes the whole

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Right Hemisphere

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Controls pattern recognition

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Right Hemisphere

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Controls Facial recognition

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Right Hemisphere

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Heart rate, breathing, arousal, gross motor movements.

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Hindbrain

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Part of brain involved in emotions, memory, learning, and motivation

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Limbic system

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Subcortical Structures

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Thalamus, hypothalamus, hippocampus, amygdala

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The outermost wrinkled layer of the brain

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the cortex

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Comprised of left and right hemishperes

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The cortex

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Connected by corpus callosum

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The cortex

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Each hemishpere can be divided into four

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the cortex

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Devoted to making connections between incoming sensory info. and stored memories, images, and knowledge`

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The association areas of the cortex

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Found in left frontal lobe

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Broca’s area

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Coordinates brain areas responsible for speech production

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Broca’s area

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Damage to this area can result in Broca’s aphasia

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Broca’s Area

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Found in left temporal lobe

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Wernicke’s area

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Plays a role in understanding the meaning of words

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Wernicke’s area

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The ability w/in the brain to constantly change both the structure & function of many cells in response to experience/trauma

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Neuroplasticity

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Neurogenesis

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Formation of new neurons

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happens mostly in prenatal development but occur a little bit during adult hood

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Neurogenesis

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