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Unit 3 Exam Flashcards

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“Arouses” (Fight-or-flight)

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Sympathetic Nervous System

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“Calms” ( rest and digest)

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

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3
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Complex and modify with growth and experience

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Interconnect neurons

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The body’s “slow” chemical communication system. Communication is carried out by hormones synthesized by a set of glands

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Endocrine System

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Brain region controlling the pituitary gland

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Hypothalamus

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Affects metabolism, among other things

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Thyroid gland

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Inner part helps trigger the “fight-or-flight” response

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Adrenal gland

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Secretes male sex hormones

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Testis

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Secretes many different hormones, some of which affect other glands

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Pituitary gland

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Helps regulate the level of calcium in the blood

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Parathyroids

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Regulates the level of sugar in the blood

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Pancreas

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Secretes female sex hormones

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Ovary

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Chemicals synthesized by the endocrine glands that are secreted in the bloodstream

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Hormones

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“Master gland” located in the front part of the brain

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Pituitary Gland

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Releases hormones that regulate other glands. Regulates water and salt balance

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Anterior Pituitary Lobe

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Regulates metabolic and calcium rate. Located in the throat

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Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands

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Consists of the adrenal medulla and the cortex.

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Adrenal Gland

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Secretes hormones (epinephrine and norepinephrine) during the stressful and emotional situations

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Medulla

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Regulates Salt and carbohydrate metabolism

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Adrenal

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Regulate bodily development and maintain reproductive organs in adults

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Sex Glands

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Oldest part of the brain. Begins where the spinal cord swells and enters the skull. Responsible for automatic survival functions

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Brainstem

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Is the base of the brainstem that controls heartbeat and breathing

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Medulla

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Brain’s sensory switchboard, located on the top of the brainstem. It directs messages to the sensory areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla

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Thalamus

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Nerve network in the brainstem that plays an important role in controlling arousal

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Reticular Formation

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Located on the back side of the brain it is attached ot the rear of the brainstem. It helps coordinate voluntary movements and balance.

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“Little Brain”

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Experimentally destroys brain tissue to study animal behaviors after such distruction

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Lesion

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Amplified recording of the electrical waves sweeping across the brain’s surface, measured by electrodes placed on the scalp

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Eletroencephalogram

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Visual display of brain activity that detects a radioactive form of glucose while the brain performs a given task

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Positron Emission Tomography Scan (PET)

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Uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer-generated images that distinguish among different types of brain tissue.

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

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Doughnut-shaped system of neural structures at the border of the brainstem and cerebrum, associated with emotions such as fear aggression, and drives for food and sex. It includes the hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus. Located by the brainsteam

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Limbic System

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Consist of two lima bean-sized neural clusters linked to the emotions of fear and anger

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amygdala

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Lies below the thalamus. It directs several maintenance activities like eating, drinking, body temperature, and control of emotions. It helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland. Located between the thalamus and Pituitary Gland

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Hypothalamus

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Intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells that covers the cerebral hemisphere. It is the body’s ultimate control and information processing center.

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Cerebral Cortex

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Frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, and temporal lobe

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Four Lobes

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Area at the rear of the frontal lobes that control voluntary movements.

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Motor Cortex

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Receives information from skin surface and sense organs

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Sensory Cortex (parietal Cortex)

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impairment of language, usually caused by left-hemisphere damage either to Broca’s area or to Wernicke’s area

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Aphasia

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Controls speech muscles via motor cortex

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Broca’s area

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Interprets auditory code

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Wernicke’s Area

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Transforms visual representation into the auditory code

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Angular Gyrus

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Brain’s ability to modify itself after some types of injury or illness

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Plasticity

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Processes reading, writing, speaking, mathematics, and comprehension skills

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Left Hemisphere

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Connects the two hemispheres together

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Corpus Callosum

44
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Observe the behavior from the client that are used to determine a diagnosis and treatment plan.

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Clinical Observation

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