UNIT 3 The biological basic of behavior

Question 1

What is an axon

Answer 1

neuron extension that passes through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands

Question 2

neuron

Answer 2

here cell; the basic building block of the nervous system

Question 3

What are neurotransmitters?

Answer 3

chemical messengers

Question 4

What is the function of the neurotransmitter Acetylcholine (ACh)?

Answer 4

enables muscle action, learning and memory

Question 5

What is the function of the neurotransmitter Dopamine?

Answer 5

influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion

Question 6

What is the function of the neurotransmitter Serotonin?

Answer 6

affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal

Question 7

What is the function of the neurotransmitter Norepinephrine?

Answer 7

helps control alertness and arousal

Question 8

What is the function of the neurotransmitter GABA (gamma amino butyric acid)?

Answer 8

a major inhibitory neurotransmitter

Question 9

What is the function of the neurotransmitter Glutamate?

Answer 9

a major excitatory neurotransmitter; involved in memory

Question 10

endorphins?

Answer 10

chemicals

Question 11

What is the central nervous system?

Answer 11

brain and spinal chord

Question 12

Pituitary gland?

Answer 12

releases growth hormones that deal with growth and contractions associated with birthing, milk flow during nursing, and orgasm

Question 13

Adrenal glands?

Answer 13

when think of what they do think of adrenaline

Question 14

what is the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 14

controls our glands and the muscles of our internal organs, influencing things such as heartbeat and digestion

Question 15

what is the somatic nervous system?

Answer 15

enables voluntary control of our skeletal muscles

Question 16

what is the Sympathetic nervous system?

Answer 16

arouses and expands energy, if we get startled makes us sweet and our heart rate get faster

Question 17

Parasympathetic nervous system?

Answer 17

opposite effects of sympathetic nervous system. this calms us

Question 18

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neuron extension that passes through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands

Answer 18

What is an axon

Question 19

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here cell; the basic building block of the nervous system

Answer 19

neuron

Question 20

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chemical messengers

Answer 20

What are neurotransmitters?

Question 21

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enables muscle action, learning and memory

Answer 21

What is the function of the neurotransmitter Acetylcholine (ACh)?

Question 22

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influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion

Answer 22

What is the function of the neurotransmitter Dopamine?

Question 23

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affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal

Answer 23

What is the function of the neurotransmitter Serotonin?

Question 24

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helps control alertness and arousal

Answer 24

What is the function of the neurotransmitter Norepinephrine?

Question 25

# Reversed Cards a major inhibitory neurotransmitter

Answer 25

What is the function of the neurotransmitter GABA (gamma amino butyric acid)?

Question 26

# Reversed Cards a major excitatory neurotransmitter; involved in memory

Answer 26

What is the function of the neurotransmitter Glutamate?

Question 27

# Reversed Cards chemicals

Answer 27

endorphins?

Question 28

# Reversed Cards brain and spinal chord

Answer 28

What is the central nervous system?

Question 29

# Reversed Cards releases growth hormones that deal with growth and contractions associated with birthing, milk flow during nursing, and orgasm

Answer 29

Pituitary gland?

Question 30

# Reversed Cards when think of what they do think of adrenaline

Answer 30

Adrenal glands?

Question 31

# Reversed Cards controls our glands and the muscles of our internal organs, influencing things such as heartbeat and digestion

Answer 31

what is the autonomic nervous system?

Question 32

# Reversed Cards enables voluntary control of our skeletal muscles

Answer 32

what is the somatic nervous system?

Question 33

# Reversed Cards arouses and expands energy, if we get startled makes us sweet and our heart rate get faster

Answer 33

what is the Sympathetic nervous system?

Question 34

# Reversed Cards opposite effects of sympathetic nervous system. this calms us

Answer 34

Parasympathetic nervous system?