Brain Basics
This lobe is responsible for vision
What is the Occipital Lobe?
The gap between two neurons
What is the synaptic cleft?
What is the Amygdala?
This neurotransmitter is responsible for feelings of reward
What is dopamine?
This hemisphere is typically responsible for language.
What is the left hemisphere?
The purpose of this fatty tissue is to speed up a neuron
What is a myelin sheath?
The spinal chord and brain comprise this system
What is the central nervous system?
Having a bath and hugging someone you love, both release this neurotransmitter
What is oxytocin?
The name for the brain having specific functions in specific areas
What is localisation?
A common excitatory neurotransmitter
What is glutamate?
The spinal cord is protected by this
What is the spinal column?
This neurotransmitter is often linked to depression as it regulates mood
What is Serotonin?
This lobe is responsible for facial recognition
What is the temporal lobe?
Grey matter is made from these parts of a neuron
What are Soma, Dendrites and Axon terminals.
This system is referred to as the 'rest and digest' system
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
These 3 neurotransmitters are responsible for stress and fear
What are adrenaline, norepinephrine and cortisol?
This language disorder produces fluent but non-sensical speech
What is Wernicke's aphasia?
The longest neuron
What is the sciatic nerve?
These two parts of the peripheral nervous system control voluntary and involuntary movements
What are the somatic and autonomic nervous systems?
These 3 ways are used to remove left over neurotransmitter
What is reuptake, enzymatic degradation and diffusion?