Lobes of the Brain
Involved with planning and thinking, language production, and emotional stability.
What is the Frontal Lobe?
The place where all of the DNA is stored.
What is the Nucleus?
Responsible for mood, pleasure, sleep, and reward.
What is dopamine/serotonin?
The signal that is sent when neurons talk to one another.
What is the Action Potential?
Involved in vision and visual memory.
What is the Occipital Lobe?
The main (big) compartment of the neuron.
What is the Soma?
Important for fight or flight response, concentration, and increased blood flow and heart rate.
What is Adrenaline/Noradrenaline?
What is the Synapse?
Responsible for memory formation and sound recognition.
What is the Temporal Lobe?
The structure that receives the signal.
What is the Dendrite?
Important for learning and memory, muscle contraction, and the creation of synapses.
What is Glutamate/Acetylcholine?
What positively charged ions rush into a cell to create an Action Potential?
What are Na+ (Sodium) ions?
Needed for spatial perception, multisensory integration, and speech recognition.
What is the Parietal Lobe?
The structure that the signal is sent through.
What is the Axon?
Involved with neuroinhibition, motor control, and vision.
What is GABA?
Baseline potential of -70mV.
What is Resting Membrane Potential?
Needed for motor coordination and balance.
This part insulates the axon, allowing for quicker signaling.
What is Myelin?
Neurotransmitters are packaged into this.
What is a Vesicle?
The areas between Myelin that allow an Action Potential to travel down an axon.
What are the Nodes of Ranvier?