Neurons and Communication
These are the nerve cells that communicate throughout the body.
What is the neuron?
The central nervous system consists of these two structures.
What is the brain and spinal cord?
This section of the brain regulates heart rate and breathing
What is the medulla?
This lobe processes visual information.
What is the occipital lobe?
This gland is known as the master gland.
What is the pituitary gland?
This part of the neuron recieves information from other neurons
What are dendrites?
This division of the peripheral nervous system controls voluntary movement.
This part of the brain serves as a relay station for sensory information.
Damage to this area causes difficulty understanding speech.
What is the Wernicke area?
This hormone regulates metabolism.
What is thyroxine?
This structure insulates the axon and speeds up transmission.
What is the myelin sheath?
This division prepaes the body for fight or flight
What is the sympathetic nervous system
What is the limbic system?
Damage to this area results in slow, laborious speech.
What is Broca's area?
This research method compares identical and fraternal twins to study heredity.
What is the synapse?
This system restores the body's energy after stress.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
This structure connects the left and right hemispheres.
What is the corpus callosum?
This lobe is responsible for executive functioning and decision-making.
What is the frontal lobe?
This debate focuses on whether biology or the enviorment shapes behavior
What is the nature vs. nurture debate?