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Ap Psych Chapter 2: Nueroscience

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Chemical messengers that traverse the synaptic gap between nuerons
The gap between the axon tip to the next dendrite of the the receiving cell body
The level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse
Morphine with in
The extension of a neuron ending in branches terminal fibers.
The bushy,branching extensions of a neuron that receive messages
A ;ayer of fatty tissue segment ally encasing the fibers of many neurons
Neural Impuls
In this gland the growth hormone is made and distributed
Chemical Messengers
Creates Adrenaline and Non-Adrenaline
The bodies slow chemical communication system
A condition in which the corpus callosum is severed in the brain
The strands of fibers that send information to the other hemisphere of the brain
Being able to reorganize the brain
The area of the brain that is needed to understand language and words.
Control language expression(controls muscle movement of the mouth)
Language disorder
Areas of the cerebral Cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions
In the front part of the pariatal lobe that sends messages to the body about feeling
At the back of the frontal lobe allows movement
lobe that contains the auditory areas
The lobe that holds the sensory cortex
In this lobe contains the visual cortex
Front portion of the brain. It holds your ability to judge and make good/bad choices
Mainly the brain
Structure below the thalamus; directs maintaince activities
Flight or Fight;Emotions
Mid brain
Balance and voluntary movement
Sensory switchboard
Arousal;Conscious or unconscious
Breathing and heart beating
oldest part of the brain
Magnetic fields and radiowaves to produce computer generated images
Visual display of brain activity that detects radioactive glucose in the brain
X-raying of the brain
Electrical activity of the brain scan
Dead part of brain tissue either naturally of by force for study
clusters of neurons to form a network of cells
Sensory neurons---> Internuerons---> Motor Neurons
Division of the ANS that calms the body
Division of the ANS that arouses the body
Part of the Peripheral Nervous System that contains muscles and glands
Division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the bodies skeletal muscles
Neurons that carry outgoing info from the CNS
CNS Neurons that comm between sensory and Motor Neurons
Neurons that carry incoming info from the sensory receptors to the CNS
Long strands of axon fibers very very sensitive
The brain and spinal cord
The sensory and motor meurons
The body's speedy,electro comm system
A nerve cell; Basic building block
The study between the physical body and how it effects emotions
Cells in the nervous system that support,nourish and protect neurons
A neurotransmitter that among its other functions triggers muscle contractions

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