UNIT 3 The biological basic of behavior Flashcards
What is an axon
neuron extension that passes through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands
neuron
here cell; the basic building block of the nervous system
What are neurotransmitters?
chemical messengers
What is the function of the neurotransmitter Acetylcholine (ACh)?
enables muscle action, learning and memory
What is the function of the neurotransmitter Dopamine?
influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion
What is the function of the neurotransmitter Serotonin?
affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal
What is the function of the neurotransmitter Norepinephrine?
helps control alertness and arousal
What is the function of the neurotransmitter GABA (gamma amino butyric acid)?
a major inhibitory neurotransmitter
What is the function of the neurotransmitter Glutamate?
a major excitatory neurotransmitter; involved in memory
endorphins?
chemicals
What is the central nervous system?
brain and spinal chord
Pituitary gland?
releases growth hormones that deal with growth and contractions associated with birthing, milk flow during nursing, and orgasm
Adrenal glands?
when think of what they do think of adrenaline
what is the autonomic nervous system?
controls our glands and the muscles of our internal organs, influencing things such as heartbeat and digestion
what is the somatic nervous system?
enables voluntary control of our skeletal muscles
what is the Sympathetic nervous system?
arouses and expands energy, if we get startled makes us sweet and our heart rate get faster
Parasympathetic nervous system?
opposite effects of sympathetic nervous system. this calms us
Reversed Cards
neuron extension that passes through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands
What is an axon
Reversed Cards
here cell; the basic building block of the nervous system
neuron
Reversed Cards
chemical messengers
What are neurotransmitters?
Reversed Cards
enables muscle action, learning and memory
What is the function of the neurotransmitter Acetylcholine (ACh)?
Reversed Cards
influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion
What is the function of the neurotransmitter Dopamine?
Reversed Cards
affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal
What is the function of the neurotransmitter Serotonin?
Reversed Cards
helps control alertness and arousal
What is the function of the neurotransmitter Norepinephrine?
Reversed Cards
a major inhibitory neurotransmitter
What is the function of the neurotransmitter GABA (gamma amino butyric acid)?
Reversed Cards
a major excitatory neurotransmitter; involved in memory
What is the function of the neurotransmitter Glutamate?
Reversed Cards
chemicals
endorphins?
Reversed Cards
brain and spinal chord
What is the central nervous system?
Reversed Cards
releases growth hormones that deal with growth and contractions associated with birthing, milk flow during nursing, and orgasm
Pituitary gland?
Reversed Cards
when think of what they do think of adrenaline
Adrenal glands?
Reversed Cards
controls our glands and the muscles of our internal organs, influencing things such as heartbeat and digestion
what is the autonomic nervous system?
Reversed Cards
enables voluntary control of our skeletal muscles
what is the somatic nervous system?
Reversed Cards
arouses and expands energy, if we get startled makes us sweet and our heart rate get faster
what is the Sympathetic nervous system?
Reversed Cards
opposite effects of sympathetic nervous system. this calms us
Parasympathetic nervous system?
