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| 8599117760 | Dendrites | Receives information form Axon | 0 | |
| 8599125524 | Nucleus (Soma) | The cells life support | 1 | |
| 8599135813 | Axon | Sends messages away from the cell body | 2 | |
| 8599154771 | Mylin Sheath | Helps speed up the messages and covers some axons | 3 | |
| 8599166502 | Axon Terminals | Sends messages to other cells around each other | 4 | |
| 8599184333 | Resting Potential | Negatively charged sodium ions inside Positively charged sodium ions outside | 5 | |
| 8599181525 | Action Potential | Positive sodium ions rush in and trigger a domino effect down the axon | 6 | |
| 8599190603 | Refactory Period | Positive sodium ions go back out | 7 | |
| 8599234309 | Space between Neurons | Synapse |  | 8 |
| 8599243793 | Neurotransmitters | Unlock channels at the receiving site allowing ions into the receiving neuron | 9 | |
| 8599248364 | Excitatory role: | positive ions allowed in causes firing | 10 | |
| 8599256330 | Inhibitory role | negative ions allowed in prevents firing | 11 | |
| 8599262821 | GABA | keeps brain calmed down and not firing out of control | 12 | |
| 8599266559 | ACh (acetycholine) | Its function is motor movement and maybe memory | 13 | |
| 8599276620 | Dopamine | Its function is motor movement and alertness. | 14 | |
| 8599279838 | Serotonin | Function deals with mood control | 15 | |
| 8599285516 | Endorphins | Function deals with pain control. | 16 | |
| 8599297940 | Neuron Chain | Receptor Cells (antennae): - Skin on fingers Sensory cells (wires connected to radio) - Send impulse to spinal cord / brain Interneuron cells (radio) - Brain and spinal cord Motor cells (wires to speaker) - Back down arm to hand Effector cells (speaker) - Control muscles that retract fingers | 17 | |
| 8599304139 | Peripheral Nervous System | Somatic Nervous System: voluntary control of skeletal muscles Autonomic Nervous System: controls the glands and muscles of internal organs Sympathetic nervous system arouses Parasympathetic nervous system calms | 18 | |
| 8599310985 | Central Nervous System | Brain and spinal cord | 19 | |
| 8599318701 | The Endocrine System | Glands that produce hormones that travel through the body to affect certain tissues Pituitary gland (master gland) | 20 | |
| 8599325212 | Medulla | basic life support (breathing, swallowing, etc.) | 21 | |
| 8599328173 | Reticular Formation | arousal center (consciousness) | 22 | |
| 8599333442 | Thalamus | Sensory routing station except smell | 23 | |
| 8599337443 | Cerebullum | Fine motor skills (balance and coordination) | 24 | |
| 8599344253 | Amygdala | emotional center (rage and fear) | 25 | |
| 8599346887 | Hippocampus | memory (if damaged you can remember old memories, but not new ones - "50 First Dates" | 26 | |
| 8599350186 | Hypothalmus | bridge between neural and endocrine systems Directs hunger, thirst, body temp. Controls pituitary gland Linked to emotion Anger: FIGHT Scared: FLIGHT Hungry: FEED Sexual arousal: FORNICATE | 27 | |
| 8599358627 | Frontal Lobe | higher order thinking | 28 | |
| 8599361444 | Temporal Lobe | auditory processing | 29 | |
| 8599364618 | Occipital Lobe | Vision processing | 30 | |
| 8599372950 | Parietal Lobe | receives sensory input for touch and body position | 31 | |
| 8599375835 | Motor Cortex | movement | 32 | |
| 8599378770 | Broca's Area | expressive language * | 33 | |
| 8599382886 | Werinkler's Area | receptive language * | 34 | |
| 8599388893 | Corpus Callous | big body of nerve fibers that connects left and right brain * | 35 | |
| 8712976012 | Brain Plasticity | Ability to modify itself after damage | 36 | |
| 8712989124 | Sever Corpus Callous | Reduces seizures in epileptic patients | 37 |
