psych chapter 2
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| genotype | an organisms genetic makeup
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| phenotype | an organisms physical/ observable characteristics
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| endocrine system | hormonal system and glands secrete chemical changes into your blood
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| motor neurons | carry messages from your CNS to your muscles and glands
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| sensory neurons | carries messages from sense receptors towards CNS (spinal cord and brain)
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| dopamine | is a neurotransmitter
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| plasticity | ability of the nervous system to adapt or change
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| sympathetic division | part of the PNS responsible for the arousing of your body in times of stress or danger (fight or flight)
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| somatic nervous system | voluntary system deals with voluntary movements
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| how are PNS and CNS separate? | CNS (brain and spinal cord) PNS (all the other nerves)
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| what is PNS and acronym for? | Peripheral Nervous System
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| Autonomic Nervous System | part of the PNS and deals with involuntary movements (fight or flight)
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| dendrites | receive messages from other neurons
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| myelin sheath | coats and protects the axon and speeds up the neural impulse
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| synapse | the gap between two neurons
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| prefrontal cortex | where the executive functions take place, personality functions
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| parietal lobe | main job is bodily sensation/ touch
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| temporal lobe | processes audition/ sound
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| limbic system | deals with emotions
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| reticular formation | screens out background noise/ controls alertness
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| hippocampus | part of the limbic system involved in establishing long term memories
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| thalamus | relays sensory information (not smell), known as the great relay station of the brain
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| what is the structure that screens out background noise? | reticular formation
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| pituitary gland | regulates glands all over the body, known as the master gland, tells other glands what to do
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| emigula | mediates fear and aggression
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