Neural Communication
The Nervous System
The Brain
Neuron Structure
Potpourri
100
Chemicals that carry messages from one neuron to another
What are neurotransmitters
100
The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the skeletal muscles.
What is the Somatic Nervous System
100
Part of the brain involved in judgment of time as well as emotional control
What is the cerebellum
100
Part of the neuron that carries information away to another cell.
What is the axon
100
The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that we could have predicted it.
What is hindsight bias
200
A brief electrical charge that is generated by the movement of positively charged atoms in and out of the axon's membrane.
What is action potential
200
Division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body
What is the Parasympathetic Nervous System
200
The connecting fibers that allow communication between the right and left hemispheres
What is the corpus callosum
200
Neuron extensions that receive messages from other cells
What are dendrites
200
the term for the most frequently occurring score in a set of numbers
What is the mode
300
Too little of this neurotransmitter can cause depression.
What is Serotonin
300
Part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and muscles of the internal organs
What is the Autonomic Nervous System
300
Part of the brainstem that controls breathing
What is the medulla
300
The layer of fatty cells on the axons of some neurons that helps speed neural impulses
What is the myelin sheath
300
This type of thinking involves analyzing rather than simply accepting information
What is critical thinking
400
A neurotransmitter's reabsorption by the sending neuron
What is Reputake
400
This system consists of the brain and the spinal cord
What is the Central Nervous System
400
Part of the cerebral cortex that lies just behind the forehead that allows you to plan ahead for the weekend
What is the Frontal Lobe
400
The two types of fibers that make up a neuron.
dendrite and axon.
400
The branch of psychology that focuses on human strengths and functioning rather than problems
What is positive psychology
500
The molecule that blocks a neurotransmitter's action.
What is an antagonist
500
Cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons. They may also play a role in learning, thinking, and memory.
What are glial cells.
500
The three parts of the limbic system are:
hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus
500
Junction between the axon tip of a sending neuron and the dendrite of a receiving neuron
What is synapse
500
The term for a testable prediction
What is hypothesis
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