Nueral Processing

Question 1

Sensory neurons

Answer 1

Neurons that carry incoming information from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord

Question 2

Motor neurons

Answer 2

Neurons that carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and gland

Question 3

Acetylcholine

Answer 3

ACh

Enables muscle action, learning and memory

Question 4

Dopamine

Answer 4

Influences movement, learning, attention and emotion

Question 5

Serotonin

Answer 5

Affects mood, hunger, sleep, arousal

Question 6

Norepinephrine

Answer 6

Helps control alertness and arousal

Question 7

GABA

Answer 7

Gammaaminobutyric acid
Major inhibitory neurotransmitter
Under supply leads to seizures and, tremors and insomnia

Question 8

Glutamate

Answer 8

Major excitatory neurotransmitter, involved in memory

Oversupply can produce migraines or seizures

Question 9

Nervous system flow chart

Answer 9

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Question 10

Cns

Answer 10

Brain and spinal cord

Question 11

Pns

Answer 11

Peripheral nervous system

Sensory and motor neurons that connect cns to rest of body

Question 12

Somatic nervous system

Answer 12

Division of pns that controls body’s skeletal muscles

Question 13

Autonomic nervous system

Answer 13

Part of pns 
Controls glands and muscles of internal organs (ex. Heart)
Has 2 divisions
Parasympathetic- calms down
Sympathetic- arouses