I Think Neuron to Something
The minimum amount of time needed before a neuron can fire another action potential
What is absolute refractory period?
The branch of the nervous system that consists of the brain and spinal cord
What is the central nervous system (CNS)?
Role of the hippocampus?
Transfer things to long term memory
The part of the brain responsible for producing speech?
What is Broca's area?
The wrinkled outer layer of the forebrain
What is the cerebral cortex?
The part of the neuron responsible for receiving incoming signals from other neurons
What is a dendrite?
Consists of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system
What is the autonomic nervous system (ANS)
A type of brain scan that uses radioactive tracers to map chemical activity in the brain
What is a positron emission tomography (PET) scan?
The part of the brain responsible for coordinating voluntary movement and balance
What is the cerebellum?
The (somato)sensory cortex is located in this lobe
What is the parietal lobe?
Where neurotransmitters are released from
What are terminal buttons?
The division of the nervous system that allows us to feel the world and move around in it
What is the somatic NS?
Primitive brain, called little brain
Cerebellum
Limbic system structure responsible for learning fear and other basic emotional responses
What is the amygdala?
Wernicke's area is located in this lobe
What is the LEFT temporal lobe?
Deficits of this neurotransmitter is linked to Alzheimer's disease
What is acetylcholine (ACh)?
Part of the nervous system that is responsible for flight or fight
Sympathetic nervous system
The part of the brain that determines which hormones need to be released through the endocrine system
What is the hypothalamus?
This part of the brain was damaged when Phineas Gage suffered an accident
What is the frontal lobe?
Ms. Andi got hit by a soccer player's ball during a match and was unable to see out of her left eye afterwards (name the area damage, be specific)
What is the RIGHT occipital lobe?
The charge of a neuron at rest (be specific)
What is -70 milivolts?
Activation of this branch of our nervous system would result in slowed heart rate and increased digestion (be specific)
What is the parasympathetic NS?
Why do some cells have myelin sheaths?
The part of the brain that acts as our sensory switchboard, routing all sensory messages except smell
What is the thalamus?
What lobe is Wernicke's area in? Be specific
Left temporal lobe