AP Flashcards

10833660332	corrpus callosum	The large band of nerural fibers connecting the two brain hemisphere and carrying messages between them.	0
10833660333	split brain	a condition resulting from surgery that isolates the brain's two hemispheres by cutting the fibers (mainly those of the corpus callosum) connecting them	1
10833660334	consciousness	our awareness of ourselves and our environment	2
10833660335	congnitive neuroscience	the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)	3
10833660336	dual processing	the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks	4
10833660337	behavior genetics	the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior	5
10833660338	environment	every external influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us	6
10833660339	Chromosomes	threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes	7
10833660340	DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)	A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes.	8
10833660341	Genes	the biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; a segment of DNA capable of synthesizing a protein	9
10833660342	Genome	the complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic material in that organism's chromosomes	10
10833660343	identical twins (monozygotic twins)	twins who develop from a single fertilized egg that splits in two, creating two genetically identical organisms	11
10833660344	fraternal twins	twins who develop from separate fertilized eggs. They are genetically no closer than brothers and sisters, but they share a fetal environment.	12
10833660345	molecular genetics	the subfield of biology that studies the molecular structure and function of genes	13