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UNIT 3 The biological basic of behavior Flashcards

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What is an axon

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neuron extension that passes through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands

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neuron

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here cell; the basic building block of the nervous system

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What are neurotransmitters?

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chemical messengers

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What is the function of the neurotransmitter Acetylcholine (ACh)?

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enables muscle action, learning and memory

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What is the function of the neurotransmitter Dopamine?

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influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion

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What is the function of the neurotransmitter Serotonin?

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affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal

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What is the function of the neurotransmitter Norepinephrine?

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helps control alertness and arousal

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What is the function of the neurotransmitter GABA (gamma amino butyric acid)?

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a major inhibitory neurotransmitter

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What is the function of the neurotransmitter Glutamate?

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a major excitatory neurotransmitter; involved in memory

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endorphins?

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chemicals

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What is the central nervous system?

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brain and spinal chord

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Pituitary gland?

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releases growth hormones that deal with growth and contractions associated with birthing, milk flow during nursing, and orgasm

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Adrenal glands?

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when think of what they do think of adrenaline

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what is the autonomic nervous system?

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controls our glands and the muscles of our internal organs, influencing things such as heartbeat and digestion

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what is the somatic nervous system?

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enables voluntary control of our skeletal muscles

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what is the Sympathetic nervous system?

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arouses and expands energy, if we get startled makes us sweet and our heart rate get faster

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Parasympathetic nervous system?

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opposite effects of sympathetic nervous system. this calms us

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Reversed Cards

neuron extension that passes through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands

A

What is an axon

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here cell; the basic building block of the nervous system

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neuron

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chemical messengers

A

What are neurotransmitters?

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enables muscle action, learning and memory

A

What is the function of the neurotransmitter Acetylcholine (ACh)?

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Reversed Cards

influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion

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What is the function of the neurotransmitter Dopamine?

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Reversed Cards

affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal

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What is the function of the neurotransmitter Serotonin?

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helps control alertness and arousal

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What is the function of the neurotransmitter Norepinephrine?

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Reversed Cards

a major inhibitory neurotransmitter

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What is the function of the neurotransmitter GABA (gamma amino butyric acid)?

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Reversed Cards

a major excitatory neurotransmitter; involved in memory

A

What is the function of the neurotransmitter Glutamate?

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chemicals

A

endorphins?

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brain and spinal chord

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What is the central nervous system?

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Reversed Cards

releases growth hormones that deal with growth and contractions associated with birthing, milk flow during nursing, and orgasm

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Pituitary gland?

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Reversed Cards

when think of what they do think of adrenaline

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Adrenal glands?

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Reversed Cards

controls our glands and the muscles of our internal organs, influencing things such as heartbeat and digestion

A

what is the autonomic nervous system?

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Reversed Cards

enables voluntary control of our skeletal muscles

A

what is the somatic nervous system?

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Reversed Cards

arouses and expands energy, if we get startled makes us sweet and our heart rate get faster

A

what is the Sympathetic nervous system?

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Reversed Cards

opposite effects of sympathetic nervous system. this calms us

A

Parasympathetic nervous system?

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