Nervous System
Sends messages away from the cell body
a. dendrites
b. myelin sheath
c. axon
What is a. Axon?
Connects the two hemispheres of the brain
a. corpus callosum
b. amygdala
c. thalamus
What is a. corpus callosum?
The two types of sleep
What is REM and NREM?
Reduced responsiveness to a drug
What is tolerance?
The year North opened as a high school.
What is 1985?
Chemicals released by neurons at the synapse
What are neurotransmitters?
The lobe of the brain responsible for hearing
What is the temporal lobe?
Sleep disorder characterized by daytime sleep attacks and automatic behaviors
What is narcolepsy?
What is Nature v. Nurture?
The full name of our mascot
What is Victor E. Wildcat?
Our body's natural opiates
What are endorphins?
The lobe of the brain responsible for decision making and reasoning
What is the frontal lobe?
What is an EEG?
Substances that influence, mood, and cognition.
What are psychoactive drugs?
The name of the most recent musical performed at North High.
What is Dear Evan Hansen?
Part of the peripheral nervous system responsible for involuntary responses
a. somatic nervous system
b. autonomic nervous system
c. central nervous system
What is b. autonomic nervous system?
Converts information from short term to long term memory
a. hippocampus
b. amygdala
c. medulla
What is a. hippocampus?
Occur during REM sleep and are connected with memory consolidation.
What are dreams?
State of consciousness with high suggestibility
What is hypnosis?
Three current teachers who graduated from North High School.
Who are Newman, Wachal, Harper, L. McCreery, Anderson, Cooper, Stone, Walljasper, Cafferini
The study of changes in genes due to the environment
a. behavioral genetics
b. adoption studies
c. epigentics
What is c. epigenetics?
Our brain's ability to reorganize after damage
What is plasticity?
Sleep disorder with brief interruptions of breathing throughout the night.
What is sleep apnea?
He believed dreams are full on symbols to interpret for messages from the unconscious.
Who is Freud?
The current principals/administrators of North High School.
Who are Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Heller, Mr. Heller, Mr. Ross, Mrs. Wilkens, Mr. Mosier