the long, thin cells of nerve tissue along which messages travel to and from the brain
What is neurons
100
the brain and the spinal cord
What is central nervous system
100
a part of the brain located at the rear base of the skull that is involved in the basic process of life
What is hindbrain
100
a machine used to record the electrical activity of large portions of the brain
What is electroencephalograph (EEG)
100
a chemical communication system, using hormones, by which messages are sent through the bloodstream
What is endocrine system
200
the gap that exists between individual nerve cells
What is synapse
200
nerves branching beyond the spinal cord into the body
What is peripheral nervous system
200
a small part of the brain above the pons that arouses the brain, integrates sensory information, and relays it upward
What is midbrain
200
an imaging technique used to study the brain to pinpoint injuries and brain deterioration
What is computerized axial tomography (CT)
200
the center of control of the endocrine system that secretes a large number of hormones
What is pituitary gland
300
the chemicals released by neurons, which determine the rate at which other neurons fire
What is neurotransmitters
300
the part of the perioheral neurons system that controls voluntary movement of skeletal muscles
What is somatic nervous system
300
a part of the brain that covers the brain's central core, responsible for sensory and motor control and the processing of thinking and language
What is forebrain
300
an imaging technique used to see which brain areas are being activated while performing tasks
What is positron emission tomography (PET)
300
twins who come from one fertillized egg; twins having the same heredity
What is identical twins
400
nerves that run up and down the length of the back and transmit most messages between the body and brain
What is spinal cord
400
the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls internal biological functions
What is autonomic nervous system
400
the different regions into which the crebral cortex is divied
What is lobes
400
a measuring technique used to study the brain structure and activity
What is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
400
the basic building blocks of heredity
What is genes
500
chemical substances that carry messages through the body in blood
What is hormones
500
what is the difference between afferent neurons and efferent neurons?
What is afferent neurons are sensory neurons that messages from the sense organs to the brain and efferent neurons are motor neurons that send signals from the brain to the glands and muscles
500
what does the left side of the brain control and what does the right side of the brain control?
What is the left controls verbal, mathematical and analytic and the right side controls nonverbal, spatial and holistic
500
the genetic transmission of characteristics from parents to their offspring
What is heredity
500
twins who come from two different eggs fertillized by two different sperm