The Supporting System
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
Central Nervous System (CNS)
The name for the two halves of the brain.
Hemispheres
The notion that specific brain regions are in charge of certain activities is known as?
Localization of fuction
What are the 3 basic parts of a típical neuron?
Cell body- Dendrites- Axon
The lobe of the brain that is responsible for receiving and processing sensory information, such as touch, pressure, temperature, and spacial orientation
Parietal Lobe
Neurons/nerves that are not part of the Central Nervous System.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
This side of the brain specializes in language and speech.
Left side
What is the name given to the study of the brain and nervous system
Neuroscience
What holds neurons together and mantain the structure of nervous system
Glial cells
A strip of the brain which works with other areas to plan and execute voluntary movements
Motor Cortex
Type of neuron that creates the connection between sensory and motor neurons.
Interneurons
Bundles of nerve fibers that connects the two hemispheres of the brain.
Corpus Callosum
How do we call the specialized cells of the nervous system that transmit electrical and chemical signals in the body?
Neuron/Nerve cells
What is the región of the neuron that includes structures that norish the cell, and the nucleus containing DNA
Cell body
Part of the brain that is responsible for processing, hearing, and language comprehension
Temporal Lobe
The process in which a stimulus causes an involuntary response (pain).
Reflex Arc
The ability for the left and right side of the brain to excel in different capabilities; language and spacial awareness.
Lateralization
Tecnique involving the destruction of living animals brain to determinate lost of fuctioning thereafter
Ablation
Action potential are " " they eitheir happen or they don't
All-Or-None
Controls Language Comprehension; enables us to make sense of what is being said
Wernicke's area
These two nervous systems allow the "fight or flight" reactions, and the ability to calm down after danger has passed.
Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Nervous Syste,
A small tract of tissue that is found in the left, temporal lobe (speech comprehension).
Wernicke's Area
Wich subfield of psychology is concerned with understanding how the brain and other biological systems influence human behavior
Biological psychology
How does a neuron convey the strength of a stimulus? There are 2 ways
1. Firing more often
2. Delivering its message to more neurons
Cortex of brain that receives and integrates sensory information from the body, such as determining if the touch we feel is pleasurable or painful
Somatosensory Cortex