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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