Neuroanatomy
Neuroanatomy
What is the study of all parts and function of neurons.
Acetylcholine
What is motor movement
Peripheral Nervous System
What is consists of all nerves not encased in bone.
Hindbrain
What is controls basic biological functions
Forebrain
What is control what we think of as thought and reason
Dendrites
What is rootlike parts of the cell that stretch out from the cell body.
Dopamine
What is motor movement and alertness
What is brain and spinal cord, and all nerves within bone.
Medulla
What is controls blood pressure, heart rate, and breathing.
Thalamus
What is responsible for receiving sensory signals coming up the spinal cord and sending them to appropriate areas.
Cell Body
What is contains the nucleus and other parts of the cell needed to sustain its life.
Endorphins
What is pain control
Somatic Nervous System
What is voluntary muscle movement
Pons
What is controls facial expressions
Hypothalamus
What is controls body temperatures, sexual arousal, hunger, thirst, and endocrine system.
Axon
What is wire like structure ending in the terminal buttons that extends from the cell body.
Serotonin
What is Mood Control
Autonomic Nervous System
What is controls automatic movment
Midbrain
What is coordinates simple movement and sensory information
Amygdala
What is controls experiences of emotion
Neurotransmitters
What is chemicals contains in terminal buttons that enable neurons to communicate.
Norepinephrine
Sympathetic Nervous System
What is mobilizes our body to respond to stress.
What is coordinates some habitual muscle movement
Hippocampus
What is vital to our memory system