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The part of the peripheral nervous system that allows you to write.
What is the somatic nervous system?
The function of the midbrain.
What is the integration and relay of sensory information?
The method used to determine which brain areas are activated during tasks (e.g., speech).
What is a PET (positron emission tomography) scan?
This type of twin develops from a single fertilized egg.
What is identical (or monozygotic)?
This hormone is important to men’s physical development.
What is testosterone?
Long, thin nerve cells along which messages travel to and from the brain.
What are neurons?
The part of the brain that causes the body to sweat when it’s warm.
What is the hypothalamus?
Used in sleep studies to monitor electrical activity in the brain.
What is EEG (electroencephalograph)?
Heredity (biological makeup) versus environment is commonly called this.
What is Nature vs. Nurture?
Too little of this hormone causes laziness and lethargy.
What is thyroxine?
The part of the autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for sports.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
The medulla, cerebellum, and pons form this part of the brain.
What is the hindbrain?
This method pinpoints brain injuries and deterioration using x-ray beams.
What is a CAT (computerized axial tomography) scan?
Transmission of characteristics from parents to offspring.
What is heredity?
When frightened, these glands release epinephrine into the bloodstream.
What are adrenal glands?
The gaps between neurons.
What are synapses?
The part of the forebrain that allows you to learn, think abstractly, and reason.
What is the cerebral cortex?
The process of learning to control bodily states using machines, often used to relieve tension headaches.
What is biofeedback?
The basic building blocks of heredity.
What are genes?
The chemicals that are released by glands into the bloodstream.
What are hormones?
Chemicals released by neurons.
What are neurotransmitters?
The four major regions of the cerebral cortex.
What are the frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes?
Split-brain operations have been used to treat this disorder.
What is a seizure disorder?
Another name for fraternal twins.
What is dizygotic?
The “master gland” of the endocrine system.
What is the pituitary gland?