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The Neuron
Nervous System
Brainstem/Limbic
Neurotransmission
Cerebral Cortex
100
This area of the neuron is responsible for bringing in all incoming information.
What are dendrites?
100
In this survival response, the nervous system and endocrine system work together to arouse the body to action.
What is fight-or-flight?
100
This area of the brain is instrumental in forming new long-term memories. (Think of Clive Wearing)
What is the hippocampus?
100
The gap between two neurons across which they communicate.
What is the synapse?
100
The four areas of the cerebral cortex are called this.
What are lobes?
200
The area of the neuron along which messages are sent.
What is the axon?
200
This part of the nervous system is responsible for calming us down.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
200
This is the "little brain" that helps coordinate motor control (keep our balance).
What is the cerebellum?
200
The chemical messengers that neurons use to communicate with one another.
What are neurotransmitters?
200
This lobe is highly involved in decision-making, and overrides primitive behaviors.
What is the frontal lobe?
300
The fatty covering over a long axon that speeds up an electrical impulse.
What is the Myelin sheath?
300
This part of the autonomic nervous system is responsible for speeding up the bodily functions we need to be physically involved.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
300
This structure regulates brain activity during sleep.
What is the pons?
300
The "master gland" that is attached to the base of the brain.
What is the pituitary gland?
300
This lobe is involved in processing visual information and is located on the top part of the brain.
What is the parietal lobe?
400
In this area of the neuron, all messages are decoded and processed. (This also houses all the basic parts of the cell)
What is the cell body (or soma)?
400
These chemical messengers are slower acting than neurotransmitters, but produce similar (though longer lasting) effects.
What are hormones?
400
This brain structure acts as a relay station for all the senses (except smell).
What is the thalamus?
400
The "happy" neurotransmitter, which is directly linked to depression.
What is serotonin?
400
As part of the parietal lobe, this structure is the main receptive area for the sense of touch.
What is the (somato)sensory cortex?
500
Through this area all messages are sent to other neurons.
What are terminal buttons?
500
This part of the nervous system is responsible for voluntary movement.
What is the somatic nervous system?
500
This brain structure arouses the brain to attend to new stimulii, even during sleep.
What is the reticular (activating) formation?
500
This neurotransmitter, short for "endogenous morphine," controls pain and pleasure in the body.
What are endorphins?
500
As part of the temporal lobe, this area of the brain is instrumental in voluntary physical movement.
What is the (Primary) Motor Cortex?