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Vocab (09/26/13) Flashcards

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MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

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Uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce images

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Motor neurons

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Neurons that carry info from CNS to muscle glands

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Myelin sheath

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Layer of fatty tissue encasing the fibers

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Nerves

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Neural cables containing many axons

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Nervous system

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The body’s speedy, electrochemical communication network

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Neural networks

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Interconnected neural cells

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Neuron

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A nerve cell

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Neurotransmitters

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Messengers that transverse the synaptic gaps

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Occipital lobes

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receives visual info

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Parasympathetic nervous system

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Autonomic nervous system that calms the body

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Parietal lobes

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Receives sensory input for touch and body position

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Peripheral nervous system

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connect the CNS to the rest of the body

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PET (Positron Emission Tomography)

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Detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes

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Pituitary gland

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The endocrine system’s most influential gland

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Plasticity

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Brains capacity for modification

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Reflex

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Inborn response to a sensory stimulus

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Reticular formation

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Nerve network in the brainstem that controls arousal

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Sensory cortex

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registers/processes body touch & movement sensations

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Sensory neurons

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Carry info from sense receptors to the CNS

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Somatic Nervous system

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Controls the body’s skeletal muscles

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Split brain

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2 hemispheres of brain are isolated by cutting

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Sympathetic nervous system

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Arouses the body, mobilizing energy in stressful situations

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Synapse

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Junction between axon tip and dendrite

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Temporal lobes

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receives auditory info

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Thalamus

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Brains sensory switchboard

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Threshold

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Stimulation to trigger a neural impulse

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Wernicke’s area

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Controls language reception

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Environment

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Every nongenetic influence

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Behavior genetics

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Study of relative power & limits on behavior

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Chromosomes

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Made of DNA & contain genes

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