Parts of the Neuron
Dendrite
What is the receiver of messages?
Brain and Spinal Cord
What is the central nervous system?
Neurotransmitters
Medulla
What is the brain structure that controls heartbeat and breathing?
Lesion
What is the surgical destruction of brain matter?
Axon Terminal Branches
What are the senders of messages?
Nerves of Organs and Skeletal Muscles
What is the peripheral nervous system?
Serotonin
What is the "happy" neurotransmitter?
Reticular Formation
What is the structure of the brain that controls arousal?
Hormones
What are the "slow" communicators secreted in the blood stream?
Axon
What passes the message from the cell body to the terminal branches?
Arousing System
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
Agonists
What are the "fakers" of neural communication?
Amygdala
What is the fear and anger center of the brain?
Pituitary Glad
What is the "master" gland?
Myelin Sheath
What helps to protect and insulate the axon?
Calming System
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
Antagonists
What are the "blockers" of neural communication?
Cerebellum
What is the "little drunk" of the brain?
PET Scan
What is brain imaging that involves the use of radioactive glucose?
Synapse
What is the space between a sending and receiving neuron?
Automatic System
What is the autonomic system?
Reuptake
What is the reabsorption of neurotransmitters back into the axon terminal branch?
Frontal Lobe
What is the brain structure responsible for planning and decision making?
Phrenology
What is the first attempt of brain mapping conducted by Franz Gall?