All about Neurons
Divisions of the Nervous System
Anatomy of the Brain and Genetics
Functions of the Brian
Brain Damage
100
The potential for neuro impulses or an alectrical charge
What is action potential?
100
The actions of the organs and glands
What is the Automatic Nervous System?
100
Studies how heredity and environment affect us
What is Behavioral Genetics?
100
"the sensory switchboard" Controls and organizes the senses
What is the Thalamus?
100
If this area of the brian is damaged, it will cause immediate death
What is the Medulla?
200
The type of neurons are found in the Central Nervous System
What are Interneurons?
200
Central nervous System goes to the brain and spinal chord which hold interneurons
What is the organization of the Nervous System?
200
Threadlike molecule of DNA Humans have 23 pairs
What are Chromosomes?
200
The brain's capacity for recognizing after damage
What is brain plasticity?
200
Damage to this area causes percieved deafness
What is Auditory Cortex?
300
The principle that if a neuron fires it will always fire at the same intensity
What is the All-or-None Principle?
300
Controls the voluntary muscle movement
What is Somatic Nervous Sytstem?
300
Genetic Disorder where females with only one X chromosome, who are short, sterile, and have difficulty calculating
What is Turner Syndrome?
300
Shows brain activity at a higher resolution than PET Scan
What is fMRI?
300
Damage to the Hippocampus will cause
What is memory problems?
400
The recharging/resting period
What is the refractory period?
400
One neuron controls how you respond while the other neuron takes in what you percieve
What is Motor Neuron Vs Sensory Neuron?
400
This is where the Visual Cortex can be found
What is the Ocipital Lobe?
400
The Broca's area is for speech production The Wernike's Area is for understanding speech
What is the difference between the Broca's Area and Wernike's Area?
400
Damage to this area results in a coma
What is Recticular Formation?
500
Information comes in through the dendrites, it passes through the cell body and the axon carried the electrical charge, then the neuron is fired and the info is passed on to the next neuron
What is how information sent through the neuron?
500
The calming state that slows heart beat, stimulates digestion and contracts bladder
What is Parasympathetic Nervous System?
500
This is used for decision making, planning, judgement, and personality.
What is the function of the Frontal Lobe?
500
The Right side of the Brain associates with facial recognition, spatial ability, and pattern matching While The left side of the Brain associates with reason, logic, and language
What are the functions of the right side of the brian in relation to the left side of the brain?
500
Partial or complete loss of the ability to understand or use language due to brain injury
What is Aphasiza?
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