Parts of the Nervous System
What are nerves made up of?
strings of long, thin cells called neurons
Nerves branching out from the spinal cord
Peripheral Nervous System
What is the function of the hindbrain?
Controls posture, balance, and voluntary movements
What is the temporal lobe responsible for?
Hearing, memory, emotion, and speaking.
This may be used on patients who have seizures, involves the corpus callosum
Split brain operations
A neuron transmits its message to another neuron across the synapse by releasing chemicals called?
neurotransmitters
controls voluntary activity
Somatic nervous system
What system is part of the midbrain?
The reticular activating system
What is the frontal lobe concerned with?
Organization, planning, and creative thinking.
DAILY DOUBLE: The man who survived an accident that caused damage to his frontal cortex, giving doctors insight on behavior
Phineas Gage
Name the three parts of a neuron
Cell Body, Dendrites, Axon
controls involuntary activity
autonomic nervous system
What is the function of the forebrain?
Higher thinking processes
What are the left and right connected by?
Corpus Callosum
Name two brain imaging technologies.
Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT) Scans; Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); New Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
DAILY DOUBLE: What is it called when neurons transmit information?
Firing
what is the central nervous system made up of?
the Brain and Spinal cord
What is processed in the occipital lobe?
visual signals
What is the left hemisphere responsible for?
speech; mathematical ability, logic, calculation
What side of the body does each hemisphere control?
Right hemisphere- left; left hemisphere- right.
Name two types of neurotransmitters
Acetylcholine, Norepinephrine, Serotonin, Endorphin, Dopamine
What are the two main parts of the nervous system?
Central and peripheral nervous system
What is the parietal lobe concerned with?
information from the senses from all over the body
What is the right hemisphere responsible for?
vision; creative ability, intuition
What are two of the five ways psychologists study the brain?
Recording, Stimulation, Lesions, Accidents, Imaging