Brain A la Mode
A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for hearing and language.
Temporal Lobe
This part of your brain helps regulate emotions such as fear, anger, and pleasure. This area is a major component when discussing what changes in the brain when drugs are involved
Amygdala
These type of neurons carry instructions from the central nervous system outward (Thus, they are efferent) to the body’s muscles and glands.
Motor Neurons
What do we call the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemisphere
Corpus Callosum
The neuron extension that passes messages though its branches to other neuron or to muscles or glands
Axon
An area at the back of each cerebral hemisphere that is the primary receiving area for visual information.
Occipital Lobe
Language Comprehension, or where Wernicke's area is located
Temporal Lobe
Theses types of Neurons carry messages from the body’s tissues and sensory receptors inward (thus, they are afferent) to the brain and spinal cord for processing.
Sensory Neurons
This pseudoscience psychological theory is based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
Phrenology
A neuron’s often bushy, branching extensions that receive and integrate messages. Conducting impulses toward the cell body.
Dendrites
Located in the upper back half of the brain. Receives and processes sensory information from the body and skin senses as well as other sensory areas in the brain.
Parietal Lobe
The “little brain” at the rear of the brainstem; functions include processing sensory input, coordinating movement output and balance, enable nonverbal learning and memory.
Cerebellum
The brain and spinal cord make this up, it is your body's decision-maker
Central Nervous System
Nerves that run up and down the length of the back and transmit most messages between the body and brain
Spinal Cord
The part of a neuron that contains the nucleus; the cell’s life-support center
Cell Body
Connects the spinal cord to the remainder of the brain and contains many ascending and descending nerve tracts. Consists of the medulla oblongata, pons, and midbrain.
Brain stem
An extension of the spinal cord into the skull that coordinates heart rate, circulation, and respiration. (an extension of the spinal cord)
Medulla
Between the sensory input and motor output, information is processed via these types of neurons located in the spinal cord
interneurons
is located in the left hemisphere in the frontal lobe. This area is responsible for speech production and language comprehension. Damage to this area can result a condition. This is a condition in which you know what you want to say, but when you speak it you have trouble finding the words
Broca's Area
These Cells in the nervous system support, nourish and protect neurons; they also play a role in learning, thinking, and memory.
Glial Cells
Largest and longest lobe in each hemisphere. Association areas are involved with planning, problem-solving, personality, decision making, controlling emotions and speech production
Frontal Lobe
A nerve network that travels through the brainstem into the thalamus and plays an important role in controlling arousal. This determines whether you wake up at night
Reticular Formation
The peripheral nervous system has two main components-
Somatic & Autonomic
Somatic- controls the body (skeletal_
Autonomic- controls our glands and organ muscles
is a non-invasive brain imaging technique that measures brain activity by tracking blood flow changes. It's similar to an MRI scan, but instead of looking at the physical structure of the brain, this examines how different parts of the brain function.
FMRI- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Diseases such as multiple sclerosis result from damage to the sheath of the nerve cell in the brain- this sheath is called?
Myelin Sheath