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| 10877048520 | Dendrites | Receives messages from other neurons |  | 0 |
| 10877048521 | Soma | The cell body of the neuron |  | 1 |
| 10877048522 | Axon | Transmits the message down the neuron |  | 2 |
| 10877048523 | Myelin sheath | Protects the axon and speeds up the message |  | 3 |
| 10877048524 | Terminal Buttons | Sends the message to other neurons |  | 4 |
| 10877048525 | Action potential | The electric message that is sent down a neuron |  | 5 |
| 10877048526 | All-or-none | The concept that once the threshold for stimulation has been reached, the neuron fires off |  | 6 |
| 10877048527 | Refractory period | The time it takes for a neuron to recover before it can fire again |  | 7 |
| 10877048528 | Reuptake | The sending neuron reabsorbing neurotransmitters |  | 8 |
| 10877048529 | Synapse | The space between neurons where the chemical transfer takes place |  | 9 |
| 10877048530 | Acetylcholine | Neurotransmitter critical for motor movement, learning, and memory. A deficit results in Alzheimer's disease. |  | 10 |
| 10877048531 | Dopamine | Neurotransmitter responsible for motor movement, alertness, attention. A deficit coincides with Parkinson's, while an excess coincides with Schizophrenia. |  | 11 |
| 10877048532 | Endorphins | Neurotransmitter responsible for pain control, stress, pleasure. Natural opiates. Also involved with drug addiction. |  | 12 |
| 10877048533 | GABA | Brain's major inhibitory neurotransmitter |  | 13 |
| 10877048534 | Glutamate | Brain's major excitatory neurotransmitter | 14 | |
| 10877048535 | Norepinephrine | Neurotransmitter responsible for "Fight or flight.:" A deficit can lead to depression. |  | 15 |
| 10877048536 | Serotonin | Neurotransmitter responsible for mood regulation and hunger. A deficit will lead to depression. |  | 16 |
| 10877048537 | Frontal lobe | Where complex thinking, short-term memory, and decision making occurs |  | 17 |
| 10877048538 | Temporal lobe | Processes sounds |  | 18 |
| 10877048539 | Parietal lobe | Processes sensory information |  | 19 |
| 10877048540 | Occipital lobe | Processes vision |  | 20 |
| 10877048541 | Hippocampus | Stores long-term memories |  | 21 |
| 10877048542 | Amygdala | Involved in fear and anger responses |  | 22 |
| 10877048543 | Thalamus | Sends sensory information to the correct part of the brain EXCEPT SMELL |  | 23 |
| 10877048544 | Cerebellum | Involved in muscular activity and balance |  | 24 |
| 10877048545 | Hypothalamus | Processes metabolic processes |  | 25 |
| 10877048546 | Pons | Responsible for transmitting messages between cortex and cerebellum. REM sleep also originates here. |  | 26 |
| 10877048547 | Reticular formation | Controls sleep/wake cycle and general arousal |  | 27 |
| 10877048548 | Medulla | Controls the heart and lungs |  | 28 |
| 10877048549 | Cortex | Outer layer of neural tissue. Plays an important role in consciousness. |  | 29 |
| 10877048550 | Corpus callosum | Connects the two hemispheres of the brain. |  | 30 |
| 10877048551 | Broca's Area | Produces speech |  | 31 |
| 10877048552 | Wernicke's Area | Interprets speech |  | 32 |
| 10877048553 | Olfactory bulb | Processes your sense of smell |  | 33 |
| 10877048554 | CT Scan | Produces a 2D image of the brain based on x-rays taken around a single axis |  | 34 |
| 10877048555 | MRI | Uses a magnetic field to produce a detailed image of the brain |  | 35 |
| 10877048556 | EEG | Shows activity levels of the brain |  | 36 |
| 10877048557 | fMRI | Shows which parts of the brain are active due to blood flow |  | 37 |
| 10877048558 | PET Scan | Shows which parts of the brain are active due to glucose processing |  | 38 |
| 10877048559 | Plasticity | The brain's ability to modify or repair itself |  | 39 |
| 10877048560 | Split brain procedure | Cutting the brain's corpus callosum to treat epilepsy |  | 40 |
| 10877048561 | Sensory nerves | Transmits information to the brain (afferent) |  | 41 |
| 10877048562 | Motor nerves | Transmits information to limbs and organs (efferent) |  | 42 |
| 10877048563 | Somatic Nervous System | Nervous system responsible for voluntary movement. | 43 | |
| 10877048564 | Autonomic nervous system | Nervous system responsible for automatic functioning of the body |  | 44 |
| 10877048565 | Sympathetic nervous system | Nervous system that causes the "fight or flight" response |  | 45 |
| 10877048566 | Parasympathetic nervous system | Nervous system that causes the "rest and digest" response |  | 46 |
| 10877048567 | Pituitary gland | The "master gland" that regulates all other glands |  | 47 |
| 10877048568 | Adrenal gland | Coordinates with the sympathetic nervous system to release adrenaline to produce "fight or flight" response |  | 48 |
| 10877048569 | Pineal gland | Releases melatonin to induce sleep |  | 49 |
| 10877048570 | Neuron | Cell that receives, processes, and transmits information |  | 50 |
| 10877048572 | Neurotransmitters | Chemical messengers used by the nervous system | | 51 |
| 10877048574 | Lobes of the brain | Frontal, temporal, parietal, occipital |  | 52 |
| 10877048575 | Limbic system | System of the brain dealing with memory and emotional functioning; hippocampus, amygdala, thalamus, cerebellum, hypothalamus |  | 53 |
| 10877048577 | Structural brain imaging techniques | CT and MRI | 54 | |
| 10877048578 | Which brain imaging technique gives the best picture? | MRI |  | 55 |
| 10877048579 | Functional imaging techniques | EEG, fMRI, PET | 56 | |
| 10877048580 | What part of the body is processed by the right hemisphere? | The left side |  | 57 |
| 10877048581 | What part of the body is processed by the left hemisphere? | The right side | | 58 |
| 10877048582 | Which hemisphere of the brain processes speech? | The left hemisphere |  | 59 |
| 10877048583 | Parts of the central nervous system | The brain and spinal cord | 60 | |
| 10877048584 | What part of the body processes reflexes? | The spinal cord |  | 61 |
| 10877048585 | Parts of the peripheral nervous system | Somatic and Autonomic | 62 | |
| 10877048586 | Parts of the autonomic nervous system | Sympathetic and Parasympathetic | 63 | |
| 10877048587 | The master gland | Pituitary gland | 64 | |
| 10877048588 | Part of the brain that controls the endocrine system | Hypothalamus | 65 | |
| 10877048589 | Endocrine system | Releases hormones into the bloodstream; composed of glands |  | 66 |
| 10877048590 | Hormones | Chemical messengers of the endocrine system | 67 | |
| 10877048591 | Gazzaniga and Sperry | Conducted the split brain procedure | | 68 |
