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Psychology Ch. 2

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show The brain and spinal cord.  
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show Interprets and stores information and sends orders to the muscles, glands, and organs.  
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show Pathway connecting the brain and the peripheral nervous system.  
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show Transmits information to and from the central nervous system.  
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show Automatically regulates glands, internal organs, blood vessels, pupil dilation, digestion, and blood pressure.  
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Somatic Nervous System   show
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Parasympathetic Division   show
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Sympathetic Division   show
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Nervous System   show
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show Deals with the structure and function of neurons, nerves, and nervous tissue. Relationship to behavior and learning.  
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Neurons   show
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Biological Psychology   show
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Behavioral Psychology   show
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show The theory that mental and emotional disorders can be improved through behavior-modifying techniques.  
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show Branch-like structures that receive messages from other neurons.  
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Soma   show
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Axon   show
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Glial Cells   show
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Myelin   show
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Nerves   show
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show Schwann's membrane - Tunnel through which damaged nerve fibers can repair themselves. This is the reason that a severed finger or toe is sewed back in time and can recover some feeling.  
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show They don't have the coating of the neurilemma and would be permanently damaged.  
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show Charged particles.  
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Inside Neuron   show
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show Positively charged.  
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Resting Potential   show
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Action Potential   show
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show A neuron either fires completely or does not fire at all. Returns to its resting potential.  
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show Branches at the end of the axon.  
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Synaptic Knob   show
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Synaptic Vesicles   show
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show Chemical found in the synaptic vesicles which, when released, has an effect on the next cell.  
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show Microscopic fluid filled space between the rounded areas on the end of the axon terminals of one cell and the dendrites or surface of the next cell.  
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show Holes in the surface of the dendrite or certain cells of the muscles and glans, which are shaped to fit only certain neurotransmitters.  
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show Neurotransmitter that causes the receiving cell to fire.  
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Inhibitory Neurotransmitter   show
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Chemical Substances   show
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Agonist   show
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show Block or reduce a cell's response to the action of other chemical or neurotransmitters.  
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show Excitatory or inhibitory; involved in arousal, attention, memory, and controls muscle contractions.  
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Serotonin   show
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GABA (Gamma Aminobutyric Acid)   show
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Glutamate   show
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Norepinephrine   show
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Dopamine   show
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Endorphin   show
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