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nervous system, neurons, endocrine system, brain

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show Brain, Spinal Cord,  
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Peripheral Nervous System   show
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Somatic Nervous System   show
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show division of the peripheral nervous system that automatic functions of the body  
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Sympathetic Nervous System   show
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Parasympathetic Nervous System   show
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show from peripheral to central, part of body to brain (SAME)  
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Efferent Nerves (Motor Neurons)   show
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show nerve cells in brain and spinal cord, process information related to sensory and motor neurons  
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show automatic response that you cannot control  
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show branch out from cell body, receive information by neurotransmitter  
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show cell body  
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Nucleus   show
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Axon   show
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show makes impulses travel faster through axon  
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Axon Terminal   show
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Terminal Buttons   show
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Vesicles   show
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Synapse (Synaptic Gap, Synaptic Cleft)   show
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show ready to fire but not firing yet, waits for neurotransmitters to go across synapse  
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Excitatory Neurotransmitters   show
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show less likely to reach threshold  
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show minimum level of stimulation required for transmission  
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Action Potential (Neural Impulse)   show
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Refractory Period   show
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All or None Principle   show
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Electrochemical Reaction   show
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Neurotransmitters   show
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show effects movement, mostly involuntary, too much: schizophrenia, too little: Parkinson’s  
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show mood, sleeping habits, eating habits, low levels: depression  
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Norepinephrine (Noradrenaline)   show
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Acetylcholine   show
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GABA (Gamma Aminobutyric Acid)   show
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show predominate excitatory neurotransmitter, activates neurons to remember things  
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Endorphins   show
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Glial Cells   show
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show produce hormones  
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Glands   show
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Pituitary   show
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Pancreas   show
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show regulates energy in the body, located in the neck, controls metabolism  
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show helps to arouse the body in times of stress, on top of the kidneys, adrenaline  
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Pineal   show
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Ovaries   show
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show males, controls sexual: development, functioning, reproduction  
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show chemical from nervous system  
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Human Growth Hormone (HGH)   show
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Insulin   show
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Adrenaline (Epinephrine) and Noradrenaline (Norepinephrine)   show
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show sleep, makes you tired  
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show females sexual reproduction, development, functioning  
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Progesterone   show
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Testosterone   show
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Accidents & Brain Damage (Case Studies)   show
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show damage part of the brain (animal) to see the effect it has  
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EEG (Electroencephalography)   show
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show special xray, structure  
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show inject the body with glucose to see how the brain uses it, function  
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show very clear picture of the brain, structure  
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show tells what the brain is doing, what part of the brain is active, structure and function  
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show everything is necessary for survival  
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Brainstem   show
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show part of the brainstem, controls basic life functions, damage: death  
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Pons   show
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Reticular Formation   show
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show part of the hindbrain, voluntary movements and balance, muscle coordination and memory  
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show part of the forebrain, sits on top of the brainstem, directs messages to proper are of the brain, all senses go through except smell  
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show part of the forebrain, at the border of the brainstem and cerebral cortex, regulates memory and emotion  
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Hippocampus   show
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show part of the limbic system, controls many emotional responses, and the end of the hippocampus  
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Hypothalamus   show
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show part of the cerebrum, wrinkled outer layer of the brain, makes us different from other species  
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Gyri   show
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Sulci   show
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Motor Cortex   show
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show (sensorimotor area, cerebrum) skin sensation, touch, front of parietal lobe  
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Auditory Cortex   show
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show (sensorimotor area, cerebrum) ability to see  
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Frontal Lobe   show
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show (association area, cerebrum) spatial processing, tactile perception, math, numbers  
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show (association area, cerebrum) auditory perception, facial recognition  
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Occipital Lobe   show
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show enables you to communicate  
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show helps you to understand  
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Longitudinal Fissure   show
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show speech, language, math, science, logic, right side of your body  
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show art, music, recognition of things, gut feeling, creativity, spatial  
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Contralaterality   show
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show connects the two hemispheres, everything in left visual field will go to right visual cortex, everything in right visual field will go to left visual cortex  
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show used to prevent seizures, hemispheres cannot communicate  
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Brain Plasticity   show
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