structure + functions
What part of the brain is in control of vision?
Occipital Lobe
Learning, attention and emotion stabalizer
Dopamine
Higher level thinking.
What is the order of a message sent through a neuron?
Dendrites, cell body, axon, axon terminal
The temporal lobe controls what?
Processing auditory information, sounds, hearing
Alzheimer's is a result of a what deficiency?
ACH
What does the limbic system does what?
What are the 4 regions of the cerebral cortex?
Frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, occipital lobe
What is the nervous system broken up into?
Central nervous system
Peripheral nervous system -> autonomic, somatic, sympathetic, parasympathetic
What part of the brain relays signals to other parts of the brain?
Thalamus
An undersupply of GABA can lead to what?
Seizures, tremors and insomnia
What is the pleasure center?
Hypothalamus
What is the role of the glial cells?
Nourish the cerebral neurons, support and protect the cerebral neurons
Sympathetic vs Parasympathetic nervous system
Spends reserved energy
Restores and repairs spent energy
Medulla
What part of the brain is involved in fight or flight response/fear?
Amygdala
Damage to the frontal cortex could affect ________.
Personality, behaviors, speech
Motor vs Sensory Neurons
Sensory neurons carry signals to the CNS to be perceived
Motor neurons carry signals from the CNS to the outer parts of the body
What part of the brain governs sleep and arousal?
Pons
An oversupply of what can lead to schizophrenia?
Dopamine
Hippocampus
Where is the Broca area located and what is its function? Where is the werenicks located and what is its function?
Frontal lobe, speech production and writing
Temporal lobe, understanding speech
Colton saw something terrifying. His muscles tensed, he began breathing more rapidly, and he began to sweat. The ________________ division of his __________ nervous system had been activated.
Sympathetic, autonomic