Brain Structures
The area of the brain responsible for processing new memories, but NOT where memories are stored.
What is the hippocampus?
Like a supportive friend, this branch of the nervous system gets you "hyped up" to fight or flee from a threat.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
Like a gun or a toilet, a neuron doesn't ever fire halfway. This rule is called
What is the "all-or-nothing principle?"
This hormone is triggered by lowering levels of light and leads to the onset of sleep.
What is melatonin?
Mrs. Crouch's favorite hockey team.
What is the Utah Mammoth?
The lobe responsible for vision.
What is the occipital lobe?
This branch of the nervous system is comprised of the nerves that branch off from the central.
What is the peripheral nervous system?
When a neuron collects enough neurotransmitters, it reaches its threshold and fires an impulse called its
What is action potential?
The "contentment" neurotransmitter, largely made in the gut, that is linked to anxiety and depression.
What is serotonin?
The "master gland" that controls the other glands of the endocrine system.
What is the pituitary gland?
Your nervous system allows your body to perceive pain, pressure, and temperature through your skin. What neurotransmitters help to temporarily block pain after exercise or injury?
What are endorphins? (Short for ENDOgenous mORPHINe.)
An autoimmune disorder that blocks or destroys receptors at the neuromuscular junction and leads to muscle weakness.
What is myasthenia gravis?
The neurotransmitter responsible for transmitting pain signals.
What is substance P?
Mrs. Crouch has this many children.
What is three?
The net of axons that cross the two hemispheres and help coordinate movement and multi-tasking; this can be cut in split brain surgery.
What is the corpus callosum?
Along with the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system, these hormones and neurotransmitters help facilitate the fight-or-flight response (there are four possibilities, and I'll take any one of the four!).
What are adrenaline, noradrenaline, epinephrine, and norepinephrine?
This type of neuron exists in the spinal cord and allows for the exchange between afferent and efferent neurons.
What are interneurons?
The "last-bite" hormone that promotes feelings of satiation and sends the signal to stop eating.
What is leptin?
Mrs. Crouch's favorite book to teach.
What is The Great Gatsby?
The two areas in the left hemisphere that are needed for comprehending and producing speech.
What are Broca's area and Wernicke's area?
This psychology perspective would say that your responses to physical and sensory stimuli is at least partially wired into you by your genetic makeup.
What is the evolutionary perspective?
These two kinds of neurons are necessary for a reflex arc response; their official names are afferent and efferent.
What are sensory and motor neurons?
A deficit of this neurotransmitter is linked to Parkinson's, while an excess is linked to schizophrenia.
What is dopamine?
Mrs. Crouch graduated from this Davis County high school.
What is Viewmont High?