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Endocrine System
Neurons
Neurotransmitters
Transduction
The Brain
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This part of our brain controls the endocrine system:

Hypothalamus 

100

This part of a neuron receives messages from other neurons: 

Dendrites 

100

Describe the process of reuptake: 

The neuron that sent the message (a neurotransmitter) takes the message back. 

100

The eye's clear, protective outer layer, covering the pupil and iris:

Cornea 

100

These are the functions of the medulla: 

controls heartbeat and breathing

200

Hormones are distributed via our endocrine system using this:

Our blood stream

200

This part of a neuron passes the message from one neuron to the next: 

Axon

200
A neurotransmitter that opens up a neuron to receive a message is called: 

Excitatory 

200
The process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina: 

Accommodation 

200

These are the functions of the cerebellum: 

processes sensory input, coordinating movement and balance, nonverbal learning and memory

300

This gland is the "master gland", and controls all the other glands in our endocrine system: 

Pituitary Gland

300

The myelin sheath has this role in the processes of passing a message from one neuron to the next: 

It protects the axon so that the message is more efficiently sent

300
Agonists and antagonists are considered: 

Drugs that block or excite neurotransmitters from firing 

300

Retinal receptors that detect black, white, and gray; very sensitive to movement: 

Rods 

300

This is the primary function of the corpus collosum: 

Connecting the left and right brain together (split-brain surgery) 

400

This gland controls our sleep-wake cycle: 

Pineal - the pineal gland secretes melatonin 

400
This happens at the synapse: 

A message is passed from one neuron to the next using neurotransmitters

400

Glutamate is a neurotransmitter that helps us: 

Learn - never forget your soulmate 

400

A less common form of hearing loss, caused by damage to the mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the cochlea 

Conduction hearing loss

400

The portion of the cerebral cortex lying roughly above the ears; includes the auditory areas: 

Temporal Lobes

500

Messages from the endocrine system and the nervous system are different in that: 

The nervous system messages are fast (using an electrical messaging system between neurons) and the endocrine system is slow using hormones releasing into our blood stream

500

A breakdown of the myelin sheath will lead to this disease: 

Multiple sclerosis 

500

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that has this effect on us:  

It is the reward pathway, gives us good feelings

500

Our sense of body movement and position that enables our sense of balance: 

Vestibular sense

500

Two lima-bean-sized neural clusters in the limbic system, linked to our emotions: 

Amygdala