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What is a Neuron's outer surface made up of?
Semipermeable Membrane
What are the 4 lobes of the brain?
Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, and Occipital
A progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions?
Alzheimer's disease
Why is thyroxine important?
it regulates metabolic processes and growth
What lobe is important for voluntary movements?
Frontal Lobe
The terminal buttons contain synaptic vesicles that house what?
neurotransmitters
What sense directly projects to the limbic system?
sense of smell
What is it called when a sensory receptor detects sensory information?
Sensation
What secretes hormones that regulate blood sugar levels?
The Pancreas
What is used to find a Brain Tumor?
MRI
Neurotransmitters are the chemical messengers of which system?
The Nervous System
What uses magnetic fields to create pictures of tissue?
MRI
True or False? Perception refers to the way sensory information is organized, interpreted, and consciously experienced.
True
What gland secretes epinephrine?
Adrenal Gland
You will feel relatively at ease if what is activated?
parasympathetic nervous system
What are the 2 major subdivisions of the Peripheral Nervous System?
somatic and autonomic nervous systems
The endocrine system consists of a series of glands that produce chemical substances known as?
Hormones
Sympathetic activation prepares us for what?
Fight or Flight
What receives incoming signals from neurons?
Dendrites
What do the pituitary glands secrete?
messenger hormones
What is the deep groove that separates the brain into two hemispheres?
Longitudinal Fissure
Which part of the brain regulates many automatic body functions?
The brainstem
What does the Cerebellum do?
Helps coordinates movement
What is the Broca's area associated with?
Speech production and articulation
What is a sudden and permanent change in a sequence of DNA?
A mutation