Brain
Which Lobe is responsible for Vision
What is Occipital Lobe
The nervous system is spit into these two major divisions
What is Peripheral & Central
I am the basic building block of the nervous system
What is a Neuron
I Receive and send messages from the body to the brain and back to the body. What am I
What is A neuron
Chemical messengers produced by endocrine glands are called
Hormones
What lobe of the brain is still forming in teenagers
What is Frontal Lobe
This part of the Autonomic system is arousing to the body
What is Sympathetic Nervous System
Heartbeat, digestion, and other self regulating bodily functions are governed by the
What is Autonomic Nervous System
This part of the neuron receives information
What is dendrites
I am a relatively slow acting (but long-lasting) chemical messenger carried throughout the body by the bloodstream
What is a hormone
What are the 4 lobes of the Brain
What are Occipital, Parietal, Temporal, Frontal
This Part of the nervous system controls voluntary movement.
What is Somatic Nervous System
This layer of fatty tissue helps speed up neural transmission
What is Myelin
This part of the neuron conducts electrical impulses away from the cell body toward other neurons, muscles, or glands
What is an Axon
The effect of a drug that is an agonist is to
What is to Mimic a particular neurotransmitter
This structure of the brain Connects the left and right hemisphere together in order to transfer neural communication
What is Corpus Callosum
This Peripheral Nervous system is split into which 2 divisions?
What is Autonomic & Somatic
Which component of the nervous system is sort of like a highway?
What is the Spinal Cord
Neurotransmitters are released from vesicles located on knoblike terminals at the end of the
What is the Neuron
This neurotransmitter is released after going for a long run and is known to be a natural pain reliever
What is Endorphins
The nucleus accumbens releases more of this neurotransmitter in teenagers than adults
What is Dopamine
This part of the nervous system is involved in Resting & Digesting, Fight or Flight
What is Autonomic Nervous System
The pupil of the eye does what during a fight or flight response?
What is Dilate
This disease is a result of damage to the Myelin Sheath
What is Multiple Sclerosis
This neurotransmitter is Involved in many functions, including mood, appetite, sleep, and aggression. And 95% of it is made in the gut
What is Serotonin