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Central Nervous System

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The largest part of the nervous system, it includes the spinal cord and the brain

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Peripheral Nervous System

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The part of the nervous system that serves the limbs and organs

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Somatic Nervous System

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Picks up stimuli from the outside world, coordinates movements and performs

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Automatic Nervous System

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Performs takes that are not consciously controlled

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Neurons

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The building blocks of the nervous system

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Motor Neurons

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Carry information away from the central nervous system to operate muscles and glands

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Network

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A large community of neurons

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Nerve

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A tight grouping of neurons

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Synapse

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Area between neurons across which nerve impulses travel

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Plasticity

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Describes a flexible ability to grow and change

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Spinal Cord

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Connects the spinal nerves to the brain and organizes simple reflexes and rhythmic movements

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Reflexes

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Rapid automatic neuromuscular actions generated in response to a specific

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Brainstem

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The base of the brain, responsible for survival oriented functions such as breathing, cardiac function, and basic arousal.

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Medulla Oblongata

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Part of the brain that regulates cardiac respiratory function.

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Cerebral Cortex

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Outer part of the brain that is mainly involved in the coordination of sensory and motor information

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Prefrontal Cortex

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The very front of the brain; responsible for the executive functions, such as mediating conflicting thoughts and making choices between right and wrong. It is essential fro the cognitive experience of emotion

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Cerebellum

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Part of the brain that coordinates muscle movements and maintains equilibrium.

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Amygdala

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Involved in fear detection and conditioning

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Hippocampus

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Part of brain involved in processing explicit memories, recognizing and recalling longterm memories, and conditioning

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Fight-or-Fight response

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Physiological response to stressors, triggered by the amygdala, in which the body becomes prepared for action

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Corpus Callosum

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A large band of axons connecting the two hemispheres of the brain

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Endocrine System

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Involved in the release of hormones that regulate metablism, growth, development, tissue function, and mood

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Pituitary Gland

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Secretes Human growth hormone

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Gray matter

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Substance that makes up the cerebral cortex; covers the cerebrum and cerebellum

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Occipital lobe

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Parts of the brain involved in visual processing

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Temportal lobe

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Parts of the brain involved in auditory processing

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Parietal lobe

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Part of the brain that controls the senses (Touch, taste, ect)

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Frontal lobe

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Part of brain involved in sensory memory processing

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Broca’s Area

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Part of the frontal lobe that initiates the movements needed to produce speech