Brain Structures
The part of the brain that stores memories
What is the hippocampus?
The fight or flight system
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
Basic cell of the nervous system
What is a neuron?
The neurotransmitter that deals with pain
The part of the brain that processes emotions such as fear
What is the amygdala?
The system that contains the brain and spinal cord
Receive incoming neurotransmitters
What is dendrites
Neurotransmitter that deals with short term reward and fine movement.
What is dopamine
What is the corpus callosum?
The part of the brain that controls heart rate and breathing
What is the medulla?
The system that controls voluntary movement
What is the somatic nervous system?
Gap between neurons
What is the synapse?
Neutrotransmitter that decreases pain
What is endorphines
The lobe of the brain that controls sensation and touch
What is the hypothalamus?
The stimulus needed to pass the neuron's threshold, but does not increase intensity or speed of the response
Speeds up action potential, protects axon.
What is the myelin sheath
Neurotransmitter in sympathetic NS, too little associated with depression.
What is norepinephrine
The part of the frontal lobe that controls skeletal movement and motor receptors
What is the motor cortex?
The part of the brain that talks with endocrine system and releases hormones
What is the pituitary gland?
The cells that support neurons and give nutrients to them
What is glial cells?
Action potential travels down this.
What is Axon
Neurotransmitter that calms the nervous system and regulates anxiety
What is GABA
The part of the temporal lobe that results in inability to produce speech if damaged
What is the Broca's area?