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Type of neurons that convey information from the peripheral nervous system to the brain
What is sensory (afferent) neuron?
Theory of Evolution
Who is Charles Darwin?
State of equilibrium
What is homeostasis?
The branching extension of soma
What is a dendrite?
Chemical messenger of the endocrine system
What is a hormone?
Chemical messenger of the nervous system
What is a neurotransmitter?
All of our senses, with the exception of smell, are routed through this brain part before being directed to other areas of the brain for processing that is why it is also called the switchboard of the brain.
What is thalamus?
The brain, spinal cord, and the nerves in the body
What is the nervous system?
A neurotransmitter that makes people feel less anxiety and tensions
What is gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA)?
This is the division of the nervous system that is activated after the stressful event ceases to occur. It allows us to relax and go back to our normal state after the flight-or-fight response.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
The hormone that regulates circadian rhythm such as sleep cycle
What is melatonin?
The spot in the left temporal lobe that is involved in comprehension of speech and affected in receptive aphasia is named after this person.
Who is Carl Wernicke?
Body's natural painkiller
What is endorphin?
Lobe of the brain that processes visual information
What is the occipital lobe?
The “master gland” because its messenger hormones control all the other glands in the endocrine system, although it mostly carries out instructions from the hypothalamus
What is pituitary gland?
This is the counterpart of epinephrine in the endocrine system
What is adrenaline?
Brain structure involved in regulating biological drives related to survival or 4 Fs (fighting, fleeing, feeding, and reproduction)
What is the hypothalamus?
A person is placed inside a machine that generates a strong magnetic field. The magnetic field causes the hydrogen atoms in the body’s cells to move. When the magnetic field is turned off, the hydrogen atoms emit electromagnetic signals as they return to their original positions. Tissues of different densities give off different signals, which a computer interprets and displays on a monitor.
What is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)?
Medulla, pons, and cerebellum
What is the hindbrain?
Region in the left hemisphere essential to language production
What is Broca's area?
The man who was operated on in the brain to cure his seizure but lost the ability to form new memories as an effect of the said surgery.
The case that provided tremendous insight into the role that the hippocampus plays in the consolidation of new learning into explicit memory
Who is Henry Molaison (H.M.)?
Higher level processes such as consciousness, thought, emotion, reasoning, language, and memory
What is cerebral cortex?
Most famous case of frontal lobe damage
Who is Phineas Gage?
This is the gap between myelin sheaths on the surface of an axon which makes neurotransmission quicker
What is a Node of Ranvier?
This involves the creation of new synapses, pruning of synapses that are no longer used, changes in glial cells, and even the birth of new neurons. It allows our nervous system to change and adapt.
What is neuroplasticity?