Nervous System
What is the nervous system made up of?
Neurons and Nerves
What part of the brain makes memories?
Hippocampus
What is the periodic natural loss of consciousness?
Sleep
What are nerve endings that respond to stimuli?
Sensory Receptors
What is the level of stimulation required to trigger an impulse?
Threshold
Central Nervous System
What region is on top of the brain stem and connects the parts of the brain?
Midbrain
What is the reoccurring problems of falling and staying asleep?
Insomnia
What type of process is data driven?
Bottom-up-Processing
What is the part of the neuron that is fatty tissue that covers the axon and helps neuron move faster?
Myelin Sheath
What part of the peripheral nervous system activates flight or fight response?
Sympathetic
What part of brain controls sleep and movements?
Pons
What are uncontrollable sleep attacks?
Narcolepsy
What is it called when you experience more than one sense at a time simutaneously?
Synesthesia
What is the term for when neurotransmitters are recycled?
Reuptake
What is the automatic response to stimuli?
Reflexes
What side of the brain that is logical, analytical, linear, verbal, factual, sequential?
When are your most intense dreams?
REM Rebound
What types of receptors detect black, white, gray in the eye?
Rods
What distorts perceptions and evolve new sensory images that aren't there?
Hallucinogens
Somatic Nervous System
Wernicke's Area
What is the only part working during your dreams?
Amygdala
What is the most common form of hearing loss and damage to the cochlea's cells or auditory nerves?
Sensorineural
What type of drug excites your neural activities and speeds up bodily functions?
Stimulant