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Physicology Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Central Nervous System | brain+spinal cord |
| Peripheral N.S. | electrochemical communication system |
| Nueron | nerve cell, basic building block of the nervous system |
| Neurotransmitters | chemical messengers that send messages |
| Somatic Nervous System | controls the bodys skeletal muscles |
| Autonomic N.S | controls glands and and muscles of internal organisms |
| Sympathetic Nervous System | moblizes its energy in a stressful situation. FIGHT OR FLIGHT |
| Parasympathetic NS | calms the body |
| Cerebral Cortex | ultimatecontrol and info processing center "grey matter" |
| Hypothalamus | directs several maintenence activities |
| Thalamus | brain sensory switchboard, located on top of the brainstem |
| Amygdala | neural clusters, linked into emotion |
| Corpus Collosum | carries message between hemispheres |
| Frontal Lobe | largest lobe, involved in thinking, planning, emotional control |
| Temporal |