ThinkPsychology CH03
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| show | the largest part of the nervous system; it includes the spinal cord and the brain
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| show | the part of the nervous system that serves the limbs and organs
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| Somatic nervous system | show 🗑
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| show | the part of the peripheral nervous system that performs tasks that are not consciously controlled
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| Sympathetic nervous system | show 🗑
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| Parasympathetic nervous system | show 🗑
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| show | excitable cells that receive different types of stimulation; the building blocks of the nervous system
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| show | relatively short, bushy, branch-like structures that emerge from the neuron's cell body and receive signals from adjoining neurons
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| Soma | show 🗑
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| Axon | show 🗑
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| show | a fatty substance that coats and insulates axons
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| show | structures at the ends of the branches that extend from axons
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| Sensory neurons | show 🗑
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| Motor neurons | show 🗑
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| Interneurons | show 🗑
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| Threshold | show 🗑
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| show | the area between neurons across which nerve impulses travel
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| show | a chemical message created by a synapse from an electric message transmitted by terminal buttons
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| Spinal cord | show 🗑
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| show | rapid and automatic neuromuscular actions generated in response to a specific stimulus
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| Brainstem | show 🗑
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| show | a system in the brain made up of a number of structures that control social and emotional behavior; influences cognitive processes, most notably forms of memory
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| Medulla | show 🗑
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| show | a flexible ability to grow and change
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| show | a part of the brain located just above the brainstem that receives sensory information, processes it, and sends it to the cerebral cortex; helps to regulate the states of arousal , sleep and wakefulness, and consciousness
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| Cerebral cortex | show 🗑
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| Cerebellum | show 🗑
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| show | part of the limbic system; involved in fear detection and conditioning; it is essential for unconscious emotional responses such as the fight-or-flight response
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| Hypothalamus | show 🗑
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| Fight-or-fight response | show 🗑
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| Endocrine system | show 🗑
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| show | secretes human growth hormone and influences all other hormone-secreting glands
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| show | a substance that makes up the cerebral cortex; covers the cerebrum and cerebellum
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| show | parts of the brain involved in visual processing; the smallest of the four lobes in the human brain
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| show | parts of the brain involved in auditory processing
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| Frontal lobes | show 🗑
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| Primary motor cortex | show 🗑
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