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Physicology Unit 1
Question | Answer |
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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 |