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Neuro termz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Releasing hormone | peptides that are released by the hypothalmus and act to increase ot decrease the release of hormones from the anterior pituitary gland |
| Homeostasis | State of internal metabolic balence and regulation of physiological systems in an organism |
| cortisol | steroid released by the cortex of the adrenal gland. Turns off all bodily systems not immeadtly required to deal with a stressor, shuts down reproductive functions inhibits productions of growth hormone |
| epinephrine | A chemical messenger that acts as a hormone to moblize the body for fight/flight neurotransmitter in CNS (stimulates the cell metabolism so the body is ready for action) |
| hypothalmus | Diencephalon structure.regulates our internal environment ass. w/ temp. regulation,eating,drinking,sexual behavior |
| vasopressin | released by the pos. pituitary gland urination reabsorbtion by the kidneys |
| oxytocin | a hormone release milk, uterine contractions, parenting skills, grooming |
| pituitary gland | endocrine gland attached to hypothalmus. Its secretions control the activites of many other endocine glands. ass. with biological rhythms |
| hormones | chemical released by an endocrine gland into the bloodstream. 2 types: steroid/peptide |
| heat gain/loss | mechanisms by which the body regualtes temp. through sweating or shivering |
| receptors | molecules in cells that respond to chemical messengers. recieve neurotransmitters |
| hypothalmic-pituitary-endocrine organ axis | a major pathway of communication that controls stress response and other body processes,digestion,immuinty. |
| metabolism | conversions of food into energy |
| negative feedback loop | decrease in the release of hormones based on feedback signals from other hormones |
| thyroid gland | The largest endocrine gland. It works to regulate metabolism growth and rate of function in the body |
| unconditioned stimulus | a stimulus that uncoonditionally naturally triggers a response |
| conditioned response | the learned response to a formally neutral conditioned stimulus (pavilian conditioning) |
| conditioned stimulus | an originally neutral stimulus that aftrer association with an unconditioned stimulus triggers a conditioned response |
| unconditioned response | the unlearned naturally occuring response to the unconditioned stimulus |
| attention | the capacity to focus on a particular stimuli over time and manuipalte the info. |
| seletive attention | the ability to attend to revelent stimuli while ignoring irrevanlent stimuli |
| cerebral assemmatry | differnt functions and anatomy in the two HEMIs. |
| split brain | surgical disconnection of the two HEMIS the corpus callosum is cut |
| synesthesia | capacity to join sensory experiences across sensory modaliltys. |
| multiple intellgences | differnt forms of intellegence |
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