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Unit 6 Flashcards

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Neuron

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Nerve cell

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Nervous system

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The body’s control system

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Synapse

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The place where the axon of one neuron meets a dendrite of the next neuron

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Neurotransmitters

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Stored chemicals

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Central nervous system

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The brain and spinal cord

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Brain

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The most important organ of the nervous system

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Spinal cord

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A long, tubular bundle of nerves that extends downward from the brain

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Peripheral nervous system

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All the nerves that run throughout the body

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Somatic nervous system

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Responsible for activities that are under conscious control

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Autonomic nervous system

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Responsible for activities that are not under conscious control

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Cerebrum

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The largest part of the human brain

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Cerebellum

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Located beneath the cerebrum

Controls body movements, posture and balance

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Brain stem

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Carries information between the spinal cord and the rest of the body

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Cerebral hemispheres

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Two halves of the cerebrum (right and left)

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Corpus callosum

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A thick bundle of nerves that connect the cerebral hemispheres

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Cerebral cortex

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Surface of the cerebrum

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Frontal lobe

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Controls conscious thought

Produces speech

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Parietal lobe

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Combines information from different senses

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Occipital lobe

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Sense of sight

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Temporal lobe

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Sense of smell and hearing

Understanding language

Processing complex stimuli

Forming memories

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Brain lesions

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Injuries in specific brain areas

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Broca’s area

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The area of the brain that controls speech

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Wernicke’s area

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The area of the brain that controls language comprehension

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Split-brain patients

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Patients who have had surgery to cut the corpus callosum in order to control seizures.

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Electroencephalography (EEG)

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Records the electrical activity of the cerebral cortex

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Pinna

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The outer ear

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Tympanic membrane

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Eardrum

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Malleus

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Hammer

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Elliptical window

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The stapes push on it

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Cochlea

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Movement of fluid inside the cochlea send messages to the auditory nerve

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Auditory nerve

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Carries impulses to the brain stem

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Hypothalamus

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A tiny area of the brain at the top of the brain stem

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Hormones

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Chemical messengers

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Endocrine system

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A group of glands that secrete hormones

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Pituitary gland

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Master gland

Secretes hormones that control the other glands

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