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| 6010715397 | Biological | every idea, every mood, every urge | 0 | |
| 6010720148 | Plato | Ancient greek philosopher correctly located the mind in the head | 1 | |
| 6010726180 | Aristole | thought the mind was located in the head | 2 | |
| 6010732490 | Franz Goll | proposed the phrenology- studying bumps on the skull could reveal a person mental abilities and character traits, | 3 | |
| 6010741764 | Phrenology | Studying bumps on the skull | 4 | |
| 6010752652 | Phrenology succeeded | Focusing attention on the localization of function- Idea that various brain regions have particular functions | 5 | |
| 6010763428 | Biological Psychologist | the scientific study of the links between biological and psychological | 6 | |
| 6010770764 | Neuron | nerve cell | 7 | |
| 6010770765 | dendrites | extension that receives messages and conduct impulses | 8 | |
| 6010779884 | axon | passes messages and conduct impulses | 9 | |
| 6010783471 | myelin sheath | fatty tissue layer | 10 | |
| 6010788610 | action potential | a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon | 11 | |
| 6010795233 | selectively permeable | axon surface is very selective about what it allow through its gates | 12 | |
| 6010804125 | depolarizes | causing another axon channel go open and then another | 13 | |
| 6010829651 | refractory period | a period of inactivity after a neuron has fired | 14 | |
| 6010834204 | excitatory | like pushing a neuron's accelerator | 15 | |
| 6010839684 | inhibitory | pushing a neuron brake | 16 | |
| 6010841831 | threshold | the level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse | 17 | |
| 6010861976 | all- or none response | a neuron's reaction of either firing or not firing | 18 | |
| 6010866453 | synapse | the junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite of the receiving neuron | 19 | |
| 6010883549 | neurotransmitter | chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons | 20 | |
| 6010888731 | reuptake | neurotransmitter reabsoprtion | 21 | |
| 6010896020 | endorphins | linked to pain | 22 | |
| 6010896021 | agonist | a molecule that by binding to a receptor site, stimulates a response | 23 | |
| 6010901598 | antagonist | a molecule that by binding to a receptor site, inhibits or block a response. | 24 | |
| 6010910272 | Nervous System | he body's speedy, electrochemical network, consisting of all nerve cells of the peripheral and central nervous system | 25 | |
| 6010921916 | Central nervous system | brain and spinal cord | 26 | |
| 6010924957 | Peripheral nervous system | the sensory and motor neurons that connect the CNS to the rest of the body. | 27 | |
| 6010930085 | Nerves | electrical cables formed of bundles of axons, link the CNS with the body's sensory receptors, muscles and glands. | 28 | |
| 6010938323 | Sensory neurons | Carries messages from the body's tissue and sensory receptors inward to the brain and spinal cord | 29 | |
| 6010953360 | Motor neurons | carries instructions from the central nervous system out to the body's muscles and glands | 30 | |
| 6010958857 | Interneurons | between the sensory inputs and motor outputs | 31 | |
| 6010968205 | Somatic nervous system | PNS, controls the bodies skeletal muscle | 32 | |
| 6010971796 | Autonomic nervous system | PNS, Controls our glands and the muscles of our internal organs | 33 | |
| 6010984161 | Sympathetic Nervous System | arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situations. | 34 | |
| 6010991846 | Parasympathetic Nervous system | nerve systems that calms the body, conserving its energy | 35 | |
| 6010999409 | reflex | a simple, automatic response to a sensory stimulus | 36 | |
| 6011002599 | Endocrine system | the bodies slow communication system | 37 | |
| 6011011282 | Hypothalamus | brain region controlling the pituitary gland | 38 | |
| 6011013831 | thyroid gland | affects metabolism | 39 | |
| 6011016593 | adrenal glands | triggers flight or fight situation | 40 | |
| 6011023433 | Testis | secrete male sex hormones | 41 | |
| 6011026321 | Ovaries | secrete female sex hormones | 42 | |
| 6011028628 | pancreas | regulate sugar in blood | 43 | |
| 6011030942 | parathyroids | regulates level of calcium in blood | 44 | |
| 6011036650 | pituitary gland | secrete many different hormones | 45 |
