AP Psych Chapter 2 Flashcards
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| 4948385647 | Temporal lobe | Lies above ears; includes auditory areas, each side receives information from opposite ear |  | 0 |
| 4957755808 | Synapse | Junction between axon tip of one neuron and dendrite of another; small gap | 1 | |
| 4957757359 | Parietal lobe | Lies at top of head and toward rear; receives sensory information (touch and body position) | 2 | |
| 4957763080 | Brainstem | Oldest part and central core of brain, responsible for automatic survival functions | 3 | |
| 4957765248 | Hippocampus | Part of limbic system, new memories, before storage | 4 | |
| 4957767328 | Axon | Extension of a neuron, ending in branching fibers | 5 | |
| 4957770342 | Medulla oblongata | controls blood pressure, heart rate, breathing | 6 | |
| 4957771627 | Motor cortex | lies at rear of frontal lobe; controls voluntary movements | 7 | |
| 4957773493 | Interneurons | Neurons within brain and spinal cord | 8 | |
| 4957780536 | Hypothalamus | Part of limbic system, controls body temperature, libido, hunger, thirst, endocrine system, biological rhythms; pleasure center, reward center | 9 | |
| 4957783400 | Sensory cortex | area at front of parietal lobe; registers and processes body touch and movement sensations | 10 | |
| 4957786392 | Cerebral cortex | covers hemispheres, ultimate control and information-processing center | 11 | |
| 4957789679 | Limbic system | Neural system associated with emotions and drives | 12 | |
| 4957791264 | Corpus callosum | connects brain's hemispheres; removal can stop seizures | 13 | |
| 4957795951 | Occipital lobe | lies at back of head; receives information from visual fields | 14 | |
| 4957797448 | Amygdala | part of limbic system, fear, and aggression | 15 | |
| 4957798746 | Spinal cord | pathway of neural fibers to and from brain, controls reflexes | 16 | |
| 4957802492 | Pituitary | Master of endocrine gland | 17 | |
| 4957803864 | Thalamus | Part of limbic system, receives sensory signals from spinal cord and sends them to other areas of the brain | 18 | |
| 4957807174 | Sensory neurons | Neurons that carry incoming information from sensory receptors to brain and spinal cord | 19 | |
| 4957812180 | Nerves | Bundled axons that form neural 'cables' | 20 | |
| 4957816152 | Reticular Formation | Helps control arousal, filters stimuli going to thalamus and relays information to other areas | 21 | |
| 4957820435 | Dendrites | Bushy, branching extensions of a neuron | 22 | |
| 4957821784 | Pons | Connects hindbrain with midbrain and forebrain; control of facial expressions | 23 | |
| 4957827793 | Motor neurons | Neurons that carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands | 24 | |
| 4957831555 | Cerebellum | 'Little brain' habitual muscle movements, basic biological functions | 25 | |
| 4957841972 | Neruotransmitters | Chemical messengers that cross synaptic gaps between neurons; bind to receptor sites on receiving neuron | 26 | |
| 4957845808 | Neuron | nerve cell | 27 | |
| 4957847313 | Myelin sheath | Layer of fatty tissue encasing fibers of neurons; enables greater transmission speed of neural impulses | 28 |