Unit 3 Vocabulary (Parts Of Brain) Flashcards by Sydney Haddrill | Brainscape

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Acetylcholine

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Attention, learning, muscle action, memory

NEUROTRANSMITTER

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Action potential

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Fast charge to fire axon

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All or none law

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Full strength or nothing

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Amygdala

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Center for emotions (anger, anxiety…), motivation and recognizing facial emotions

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Angular gyrus

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Combines parietal and temporal lobes

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Association areas

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Connects sensory and motor areas

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Axon

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Branch to pass messages on neuron

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Blood brain barrier

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Separates blood from brain

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Behavioral genetics

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Study of genetics effecting behavior

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Cell body

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Brain of neuron, dendrites -> axon

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Central nervous system

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The brain and spinal cord

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Cerebellum

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Controls balance, posture, and precise motions

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Cerebral cortex

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Information processing in 4 loves

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Chromosomes

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DNA molecules containing genes

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Corpus Callosum

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Connects hemispheres

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Computet tomography scan

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CT-> cut (with x-rays)

Show structure

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Dendrites

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Receive messages on neuron

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Deoxyribonucleic acid

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Molecule with instructions to make life

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Electroencephalogram

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EEG-> energy

Électrodes measure energy waves

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Endocrine system

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Secrete hormones, slow version of CNS

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Endorphins

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Brains natural painkiller

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Forebrain

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Anterior part of the brain

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Fraternal twins

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Twins from two eggs

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Frontal lobes

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Higher level thinking, cerebral cortex

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging

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Multiple MRIs to show blood flow

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Gene

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Segments of DNA, heredity codes

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Genotype

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Determines specific characteristic

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Glial cells

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Hold together myelin sheath (on axon)

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Heritability

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How much we can blame genes for variations

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Hindbrain

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Lower part of brain stem

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Hippocampus

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Process and store memories

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Homeostasis

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Maintaining a balanced internal state

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Hormone

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Chemical messengers in endocrine system

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Hypothalamus

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Directs maintenance works with pituitary

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Identical twins

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Twins from one egg

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Interneurons

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Turn afferent into efferent

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Lesion

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Destruction of brain tissue

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Limbic system

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Center of brain, emotions

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Magnetic resonance imaging

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Magnetic fields used to show brain anatomy

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Medulla

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Control heartbeat and breathing

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Midbrain

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Brain stem and hypothalamus

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Motor cortex

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Controls voluntary movements

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Motor neurons

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Efferent -> sends signals to muscles/ glands

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Myelin sheath

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Segments of tissue keeping message in axon

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Natural selection

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Survival of the fittest

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Nature vs. nurture

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Controversy between genes and environment

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Neurons

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Building block of nervous system

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Neurotransmitters

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Chemical messengers that cross synapse

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Occipital lobes

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Visual comprehension cortex

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Peripheral nervous system

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Neurons that connect to CNS

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Phenotype

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Organism’s observable characteristics

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Phrenology

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Study of bumps on head

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Pituitary gland

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Works with brain and controls endocrine

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Pons

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Brain stem-Helps control movement

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Position emission tomography

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Radioactive glucose highlights brain activity

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Receptors

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Receives neurotransmitters to send messages

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Resting potential

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Neuron is ready to fire

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Reticular formation

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Nerve network controls arousal

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Sensory neuron

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Afferent -> Takes messages to brain

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Somatic nervous system

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Controls the body’s skeletal muscles

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Spinal cord

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Nerve fibers in spine

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Sympathetic nervous system

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Fight – or – flight mobilizes body

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Synapse

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Space between nerves

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Temporal lobes

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Auditory comprehension lobes

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Thalamus

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Sensory control center