Endocringe
Hormones
Electrical cables that form bundles of axons
Nerves
The brain's ability to change by building new pathways based on experience.
Neuroplasticity
The base of the brainstem
Medulla
The covering on the cerebrum
Cerebral cortex
The control center
Pituitary gland
The two parts of the peripheral nervous system
Somatic and automatic
The part of the neuron that contains the nucleus
Cell body
The "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem
Cerebellum
Portion of the cerebral cortex at the back of the head which includes areas that receive information from he visual fields
Occipital lobes
This gland releases adrenaline
Adrenal Gland
The parts of the central nervous system
Brain and spinal cord
Neuron extensions that receive and integrate messages from the axons and conduct them toward the cell body
Dendrites
Two almond shaped neural clusters that enable aggression and fear
Amydgala
The portion of the cerebral cortex lying above the ears
Temporal lobes
Bloodstream
Automatic responses to stiumli
Reflexes
The point at which neurons "talk" to other neurons.
Synaptic gap
A curved brain structure that processes conscious, explicit memories
Hippocampus
A false sensory experience such as hearing something in the absence of an external auditory stimulus
Hallucination
True or False, the effects of this system can last for an extended period of time.
True
Neurons that carry messages to the muscles and glands
Motor
Natural opioids produced in the brain
Endorphins
A technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer generated images of soft tissue.
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
True or false...we only use 10% of our brain
False