Lobes
Bio-Chemicals
Sleep
Misc.
Bio-Structures
100
The left hemisphere of the brain that controls speech muscles.
What is Broca's Area?
100
Slows the activity of the nervous system; alcohol is a good example of this.
What is Depressants?
100
This can occure during REM sleep; Sigmund Freud believes reflect unconcious wishes.
What is a Dream?
100
Theory that suggest only a certain amount of information can be processed by the central nervous system at a time.
What is Gates Theory?
100
A coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear, detects sound waves, and fluid triggers nerve impulses.
What is the Cochlea?
200
Part of brain linked to emotion.
What is the Amygadala?
200
Reduces pain, known as a "natural morphine".
What is Endorphins?
200
Sleep disorder resulting in the inability to sleep.
What is Insomnia?
200
The gap between tha axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the recieving neuron.
What is the Synapse?
200
The brain and spinal cor make up this system.
What is the Central Nervous System?
300
Part of the brain that recieves messages from skin senses.
What is the Pariental Lobe?
300
Chemimical that is involved in motor messages and behavior; too little may cause Parkinson's disease.
What is Dopamine?
300
Recurring sleep stage during which vivd dreams commonly occure.
What is REM?
300
A nerve cell.
What is a Neuron?
300
This part of your brain regulats hunger.
What is the Hypothalamus?
400
Resposible for processing visual information.
What is Occipital Lobe?
400
Too little of this could lead to Alzheimers disease.
What is Acetylcholine?
400
Procees by which our brain organizes and intrprets sensory information.
What is Perception?
400
The structure of the brain that connects and relays messages between two hemispheres.
What is the Corpus Collosm?
500
Part of the brain with executive funtions such as decision making.
What is Frontal Lobe?
500
Stored in sacs in the axon terminal; chemical messages.
What is Neurotransmitters?
500
This is a sleep disorder that involves an interruption in breathing.
What is Sleep Apnea?
500
This hemisphere of the brain controls language and logic.
What is the Left Hemisphere?
500
What is my last name?
What is i dont know?
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