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| 10840717951 | Neurons | Cell that communicates electrically and chemically | 0 | |
| 10840717952 | Efferent Neurons | Relay messages from the brain and spinal cord "Think effort" and are considered motor neurons | 1 | |
| 10840717953 | Afferent Neurons | Relay info about senses from skin receptors and internal organs to spinal cord and are considered sensory neurons | 2 | |
| 10840717954 | Inter-Neurons | Communicate information between afferent and efferent nuerons | 3 | |
| 10840717955 | Dendrites | Receives messages from other neurons | 4 | |
| 10840717956 | Soma | Process nutrients and mprovide the energy | 5 | |
| 10840717957 | Myelin Sheath | A white fatty layer wrapped around the axon that insulates and increases impulse transmissions speed/efficiency | 6 | |
| 10840717958 | Axon Terminal | End of the axon where the message is sent across the synapse to next neuron. Contain synaptic vesicles that hold neurotransmitters | 7 | |
| 10840717959 | Gilal Cells | Provides support,nourishment and protection for neurons | 8 | |
| 10873466199 | Ancetylcholine | Type of transmitter that controls Movement,learning and memory | 9 | |
| 10873466200 | Dopamine | Type of transmitter that involves Motor movement | 10 | |
| 10873466201 | Agonist | Molecule that can bind to a receptor and mimic the neurotransmitter, therby amplifying the effects | 11 | |
| 10873466202 | Antagonists | Bind a receptor and then block a neurotransmitter functioning | 12 | |
| 10873466203 | Nervous System | Network of neurons that communicate | 13 | |
| 10873466204 | Central Nervous System | One of the parts of the Nervous System and is made up of the spinal cord and brain | 14 | |
| 10873466205 | Peripheral Nervous System | Other part of the Nervous System and links with Central Nervous System with body sense receptors, muscle and glands | 15 | |
| 10881885688 | Somatic Nervous System | One division of the Peripheral Nervous System and Coordinates voluntary movement | 16 | |
| 10881885689 | Autonomic Nervous System | Controls automatic functions | 17 | |
| 10881885690 | Sympathetic Nervous System | System that Triggers flight or fight and arouses the body and is a division of the Automatic Nervous System | 18 | |
| 10885748646 | Parasympathetic Nervous System | Division of autonomic Nervous System and helps calm the body after arousal | 19 | |
| 10885748647 | Endoctrine System | The boys "slow" chemical communication system | 20 | |
| 10885748648 | Hypothalamus | Control center of Endoctrine System | 21 | |
| 10885748649 | Pineal Gland | Regulates sleep/wake cycles (Endoctrine System) | 22 | |
| 10885748650 | Hormones | Chemical messengers that travel throughout the bloodstream and affect the brain (Endoctrine System) | 23 | |
| 10885748651 | Pancreas | Regulates bloods sugar levels and hunger (Endoctrine System) | 24 | |
| 10885748652 | Thyroid Gland | Regulates and affects Metabolism (Endoctrine System) | 25 | |
| 10885748653 | Pituitary Gland | Helps with Growth (Endoctrine System) | 26 | |
| 10885748654 | Adrenal Glands | Triggers fight or flight (Endoctrine System) | 27 | |
| 10885748655 | Brainstem | Brains oldest region and is responsible for automatic survival functions | 28 | |
| 10885748656 | Medulla | Controls blood pressure, heartbeat and breathing | 29 | |
| 10885748657 | Reticular Formation | Regulates level of arousal, and sleep/wake cycles | 30 | |
| 10885748658 | Pons | Helps to coordinate movements | 31 | |
| 10885748659 | Cerebellum | Responsible for habital muscle movements (balance,playing sports, instruments,etc.) | 32 | |
| 10885748660 | Hippocampus | Memory formation and retreival (NOT WHERE MEMORIES ARE STORED) | 33 | |
| 10885748661 | Hypothalamus | Brains link to endoctrine system- includes the Reward Center - High concentration of dopamine receptors | 34 | |
| 10885748662 | Amygdala | Responsible for basic negative emotions (fear, anger, aggression, and disgust) | 35 | |
| 10890063549 | Cerebrum | Consists of two large hemispheres that contribute 85% of the brain's weight and forms specialized work teams that enable us to perceive,think and speak | 36 | |
| 10890063550 | Motor Cortex | Responsible/controls general voluntary movements on the opposite side of the body and it is located by the frontal robe | 37 | |
| 10890063551 | Sensory Cortex | Located in the front partial robe and registers and processes body sensations on the opposite side of body and communicates information about your senses, specifically kinesics | 38 | |
| 10890063552 | Association Areas | Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in motor or sensory functions and combines information from all areas of the brain to produce higher mental functions (learning, remembering, thinking, and speaking) | 39 | |
| 10890401073 | Broca's Areas | Responsible for speaking or communicating (left frontal lobe/motor cortex is involved with speech production) | 40 | |
| 10890401074 | Wernicke's Area | Responsible for comprehension/interpretation of language (left temporal lobe:Auditory Cortex) | 41 | |
| 10890401075 | Angular Gyrus | Receives visual information and encodes it into auditory forms | 42 | |
| 10890401076 | Aphasia (Language Difficulties) | Depends on what part of the language chain is damaged | 43 | |
| 10890401077 | Angular Gyrus Aphasia | Disrupts ability to read written language | 44 | |
| 10890401078 | Wernicke's Aphasia | Disrupts understanding of written/spoken language | 45 | |
| 10890401079 | Broca's Aphasia | Disrupts ability to improve speech | 46 | |
| 10890401080 | Hemispheric Lateralization | Certain behaviors/processes are specific to one of the brain's hemispheres | 47 | |
| 10890401081 | Corpus Callosum | Connects the two brain hemispheres and helps them communicate with each other | 48 | |
| 10902854244 | Reuptake | Re-absorbtion of neurotransmitters into the neuron that initially released them | 49 | |
| 10902854245 | Excitatory Message | Increases the likelihood of a transmission because the pre- synaptic neuron tells the post- synaptic neuron to activate | 50 | |
| 10902854246 | Inhibitory Message | Decreases the likelihood of a transmission because the pre- synaptic neuron tells the post- synaptic neuron not to activate | 51 | |
| 10902854247 | Roger Sperry | Won the noble prize for split brain research | 52 | |
| 10902854248 | Split Brain Patient | The right and left brain cannot communicate because the their Corpus Callosum has been cut | 53 | |
| 10902854249 | Left Brain Controls | Right side of the body: Motor and Sensory, Speech and language functions ,Logical and calculative thought processes | 54 | |
| 10906917013 | Right Brain Controls | Left side of the body: Motor and Sensory,Spatial and nonverbal concepts, Creative and emotional thought processes | 55 | |
| 10910382686 | Phrenology | Claimed that the bumps on the skull could reveal our mental abilities and our character traits | 56 | |
| 10910382687 | Frontal Lobes | Regulates different emotions and located behind the eyes and Involved in speaking, muscle movements, and planning and making judgments/decisions | 57 | |
| 10910382694 | Occipital Lobe | Located in back of brain and receives visual information (Seeing) | 58 | |
| 10910382695 | Pareital Lobe | Located above temporal lobe receive sensory input for touch and body position (Pain, Pleasure, Pressure) | 59 | |
| 10910382696 | Temporal Lobe | Located near temples receives auditory information (Hearing) | 60 | |
| 10910382688 | Heritability | The extent to which variation among individuals can be attributed to different genes (the exact amount varies individually) | 61 | |
| 10910382689 | Plasticity | The brains ability to change, especially during childhood, by reorganizing after damamge or by building new pathaways based on experience | 62 | |
| 10910382690 | Dual Processing | Human mind has two tracks with their own form of processing | 63 | |
| 10910382691 | Priming | 1st step of the two track process and Stimulus beginning the thought process | 64 | |
| 10910382692 | EEG | Type of brainscan and Measures Brainwave activity | 65 | |
| 10910382697 | CatScan | Type of brainscan and shows exterior parts of the brain (black and white image) | 66 | |
| 10910382698 | M.R.I. | Type of brainscan and uses magnets to show interior & exterior parts of the brain | 67 | |
| 10910382693 | F.M.R.I | Combination of M.R.I. and and PET scans | 68 | |
| 10911084062 | Multiple Scierosis | Disease where immune system attacks the myelin sheath and breaks it down which disrupts neuron's ability to communicate effectively | 69 | |
| 10911084063 | Resting Potential | While the neuron is in a stable, negatively charged and inactive state and is ready to fire. | 70 | |
| 10911084064 | Stimulus Threshold/Threshold | The least amount of stimulation needed to cause a neuron to begin firing | 71 | |
| 10911084065 | Depolarization | Process where the negative ions rush outside the axon and the positive ions rush into the axon causing the neuron to fire. | 72 | |
| 10911084066 | Action Potential | The nerve impulse activated in a neuron that travels down the axon and causes neurotransmitters to be released into a synapse | 73 | |
| 10911084067 | Refractory Period | The period of rest during which a new nerve impulse cannot be activated | 74 | |
| 10911084068 | All or None Law/Principle | A neural impulse will either occur or not, there is no in between | 75 | |
| 10911084069 | Direction of Neural Impulse | neurons carry information back and forth but only one direction at a time | 76 | |
| 10911084070 | Synaptic transmission (communication) | When neurotransmitters travel across synaptic gap to next neuron | 77 | |
| 10911084071 | Synaptic Vesicles | Tiny pouches or sacs in the axon terminals that contain neurotransmitters | 78 | |
| 10911084072 | Neurotransmitters | chemical messages manufactured by a neuron | 79 | |
| 10911084073 | Synapse | The space between the axon terminal (neuron A) and the dendrite of an (adjoining neuron B) | 80 | |
| 10911084074 | Phineas Gage | A famous railroad worker who had a metal rod pushed through his skull due to accident and could no longer be the same person he was before | 81 | |
| 10911084075 | Cortical Localization | Some areas of the brain are responsible for certain functions | 82 | |
| 10911084076 | PETscan | Type of Brainscan that observes bloodflow throughout the brain | 83 | |
| 10944336296 | Parts of a neuron |  | 84 | |
| 10945778072 | Thalamus | Routes all sensory information (except smell) to other parts of brain for processing/interpretation | 85 | |
| 10945778073 | Endorphins | Type of Neurotransmitter associated with pain control and positive emotions | 86 | |
| 10945778074 | GABA | Type of Neurotransmitter that Inhibits brain activity | 87 | |
| 10945778075 | Glutamate | Type of Neurotransmitter that stimulates brain activity activity | 88 | |
| 10945778076 | Norepinephrine | Type of Neurotransmitter that is responsible for alertness and arousal arousal | 89 | |
| 10945778077 | Serotonin | Type of Neurotransmitter that Affects mood control and memory | 90 | |
| 10944392807 | Parts of the hindbrain | medulla, pons, cerebellum |  | 91 |
