Body's Wiring
Superhighway
Crowning Glory
Cerebral Cortex
Misc
100
Afferent neurons.
What is sensory neurons?
100
The nervous system that connects the spinal cord and brain with the sensor organs, muscles, and glands.
What is peripheral nervous system?
100
Group of neurons that lie in the forebrain that is important in movement and coordination.
What is basal ganglia?
100
Occipital lobe is to visual cortex as temporal lobe is to...
What is auditory cortex?
100
This organ regulates the concentration of glucose in the blood.
What is pancreas?
200
Body of the cell that contains the nucleus.
What is soma?
200
If you were to be running away from a bear you saw in the woods, then once you were out of the woods and safe, this nervous system would kick in.
What is parasympathetic nervous system?
200
Weighs barely four grams; regulates hunger, thirst, fluid concentrations, body temperature
What is hypothalamus?
200
Allows the two hemispheres to share information.
What is corpus callosum?
200
the ability of the brain to adapt itself after trauma or surgical alteration.
What is plasticity?
300
Positive shift in the electrical charge in the neuron's resting potential, making it less negativel charged.
What is depolarization?
300
Column of nerves that transmit information between the brain and the peripheral nervous system.
What is spinal cord?
300
The lowest part of the brain and in evolutionary terms, also the oldest.
What is hindbrain?
300
The cerebral cortex is smallest in this animal compared to the other three animal brains and the human brain.
What is frog?
300
Broca's are is to frontal lobe as Wernicke's area is to...
What is temporal lobe?
400
Naturals chemicals that act as pain killers and may produce pleasure-inducing effects.
What is endorphins?
400
reflex controlled at the level of the spinal cord; may only involve as few as two neurons.
What is spinal reflex?
400
Formation of structures in the forebrain that is involved in memory and emotional processing.
What is limbic system?
400
Frontal lobe is to motor cortex and Parietal lobe is to...
What is sensory cortex?
400
The tendency of systems in the body to maintain a steady, internally balanced state.
What is homeostasis?
500
Drugs that block neurotransmitters by occupying the receptor sites.
What is antagonists?
500
Part of the peripheral nervous system;controls voluntary movements.
What is autonomic nervous system?
500
Resembles a "sea horse" and is involved in memory.
What is hippocampus?
500
Pieces together sensory information to form meaningful perceptions;found in each lobe.
What is association areas?
500
Provides a computer-generated image of the brain by tracing amounts of glucose used in different parts of the brain.
What is EEG?
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