Neurons
Receives neurotransmitters from other neurons
What is the dendrite?
Considered to be the body's decision maker
What is the central nervous system?
Regulates heartbeat and breathing
What is the medulla?
If damaged, the individual may experience a drastic change in their demeanor or personality
What is the frontal lobe?
These act as an information relay system for sensory inputs and motor outputs
The tiny junction between the end of sending neuron and receiving end of the next neuron
What is the synapse?
Responsible for gathering information to send to the CNS and then transmitting the decisions to other parts of the body
What is the thalamus?
You can locate your visual cortex in this region of the brain
If you are an individual with a split brain, it means that this part of your brain has been severed.
What is the corpus callosum?
A molecule that inhibits or blocks the action of a neurotransmitter
What is an antagonist?
Stimulating digestion, slowing heartbeat, and contracting pupils are all functions performed by this system.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
Road rage is the product of these two petite neural clusters
What is the amygdala?
It's not surprising, given his career in mathematics, that Einstein had a large one of these.
This structure gives orders to the pituitary gland.
What is the hypothalamus?
A brief electrical charge that travels down an axon
What is action potential?
What is a reflex?
It's very likely that individuals like Tom Brady or Megan Rapinoe have strong or large ones.
What is the cerebellum?
If someone has difficulty recognizing a friend or loved one's face, it may be the result of damage to this area.
What is the right temporal lobe?
This system is known to be self-regulating.
What is the autonomic system?
A neuron's reaction of either firing or not firing
What is all-or-none response?
The master gland of the Endocrine System
Responsible for sifting through sensory information and controls arousal
What is the reticular formation?
These two regions demonstrate the brain's plasticity when they reorganize information in the instance of losing a limb.
What are the somatosensory and motor cortexes?
This scan uses a radioactive glucose to show where brain activity occurs during certain tasks.