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| cells in nervous system that receive and transmit information |
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| make initial contact with environment and carries signals to brain |
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| transfer information from one neuron to another |
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| carry messages and commands away from central nervous system to muscle and glands that produce behavior |
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| fill in space between neurons, remove waste, help neurons operate efficiently |
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| automatic body reactions such as knee jerk controlled by spinal chord pathways |
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| the long tail like part of a neuron that serves as the cells transmitter |
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| the tiny swellings at the end of the axon that contain chemicals important to neural transmission |
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| Process of Neural Transmission travel |
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| dendrites>soma>axon>terminal buttons |
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| inhibitory effects; dampens and smooths out neural messages |
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| mimics the action of neurotransmitters. Ex: nicotine |
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| Block the action of neurotransmitters |
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| morphine like chemicals that act as the brains natural painkillers |
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| collection of nerves that control more automatic needs of body |
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| collection of nerves that transmit information to warn the brain and connects to skeletal muscles to initiate movement |
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| observing person with brain damage |
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| life support, most primitive structure. has cerebellum-involved in complex motor skills |
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| Relay station. Coordinates sensory information |
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| planning decision making, memory, personality |
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| Processing sensations of touch, temperature, and pain |
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| rod through skull, he survived, personality changed. shows effects of damage to the cerebral cortex |
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| Hemisphere specialization |
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right hemisphere-spatial tasks, emotions
left hemisphere-verbal tasks |
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| network of glands that uses blood stream rather than neurons to send chemical messages that regulates growth and other internal functions |
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| chemicals released into the blood by the various endocrine glands to help control a variety of internal regulatory functions |
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| a person's observable characteristics such as red hair. it is controlled by genotype but sometimes like diet it can be changed |
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| the actual genetic information inherited from one's parents |
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