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Ch2: Biological

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What is the difference between a neuron and a nerve?   show
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Inhibatory v. Excitatory   show
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Agonist v. Antagonist   show
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Name some effects of testosterone.   show
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What is the charge of action potential? Resting potential? Threshold?   show
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show Reuptake is when the neuron sucks the chemicals back in. An SSRI is a reuptake inhibitor. Keeps the serotonin from going back into the neuron so that the body can believe it has more serotonin than it really does  
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show Top rear of the brain  
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Location of the frontal lobe?   show
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show Back of the brain  
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Location of the temporal lobe?   show
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What does the Pareital lobe affect?   show
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What does the frontal lobe affect? Case Study example?   show
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What does the occipital lobe affect?   show
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What does the temporal lobe affect? Case Study example?   show
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show a neurological disorder where the person cannot recognize faces (known as face blindness or facial agnosia). Ex. The man who thought his wife was a hat. Problem located in the temporal lobe  
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What is a meninges?   show
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Parasympathetic division v. Sympathetic division   show
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Automatic v. Somatic systems   show
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show Involved with hearing, sight, touch, or taste. Master switch.  
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show involved in fear responses. Influences motivation, emotional control, and interpretations of nonverbal emotional expressions. Mammals w/ parental love.  
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Function of the hypothalamus?   show
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Function of the hippocampus?   show
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show overlearned behaviors, but more than habit formations, motivation. Ex. walking, you just do, you don't have to think about it.  
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show breathing, heartrate, cough, gag, vomit, swallow. If this is damaged, you die because you can't breathe.  
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Function of the cerebellum?   show
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show aka master gland: In the brain, secrets the growth hormone and influences all other hormone-secreting glands.  
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Function of the cingulate cortex?   show
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Function of the reticular formation?   show
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Function of the corpus callosum?   show
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show Allows us to speak smoothly and fluently.  
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show Aphasia is when you leave words out completely or pronounce things wrong  
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show Understanding and meaning of words.  
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show Aphasia is when you speak fluently but say completely wrong words.  
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show make up the mylen sheeth.  
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show fill the gap between the neurons, the skeleton, supports and feeds neurons, cleans waste, involved in the perception of pain, prods neurons to form new synapses, alters how much neurotransmitter is released and removed. Help repair.  
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