Brain Cells | Brain anatomy 1 | Nervous Systems | Brain anatomy 2 | Neurotransmitters |
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Neurons and Glia
What are the two types of cells in the brain?
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Hippocampus
What region of the brain is incorporated with memory?
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How many types (including subtypes, not including 'nervous system') of nervous systems are there?
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What joins the two hemispheres of the brain?The corpus callosum
What joins the two hemispheres of the brain?
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Depression
What psychological problem is associated with serotonin?
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Glial cell (Glia)
What type of cell is most common in the brain?
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Amygdala
Where are emotions (ex: fear) processed?
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Brain and spinal cord
What are the two components to the central nervous system?
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What brain lobe processes visual stimuli?Occipital lobe
What brain lobe processes visual stimuli?
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Parkinson's
What disease is related to dopamine?
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What chemicals are sent across neurons?Neurotransmitters
What chemicals are sent across neurons?
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Broca's area
What area of the brain is associated with speech production?
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Parasympathetic nervous system
What specific nervous system is associated with being relaxed, and in a comfortable state?
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Thinking, and learning
What is the frontal lobe associated with?
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Norepinipherine
What neurotransmitter is associated with the "fight or flight" response?
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Schwann cells
What cells create the myelin sheath for the neurons of the peripheral nervous system?
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What specialized cortex is located at the front of the parietal cortex?Sensory cortex or somatosensory cortex
What specialized cortex is located at the front of the parietal cortex?
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Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
What specific nervous system is associated with a "fight or flight" response?
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Left hemisphere
What hemisphere of the brain do visual stimuli from the right eye go to get processed?
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GABA
What neurotransmitter is linked to anxiety?
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Microglia (microglial cells)
What cells act as the immune system (inflammatory cells) in the brain?
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Ventromedial hypothalamus
What region of the brain is linked to obesity?
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CNS, PNS, SNS, ANS, Parasympathetic NS, Sympathetic NS
Name all nervous systems in "order."
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Primary motor cortex
What specialized cortex is located at the end of the frontal cortex?
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What are the three functions of acetylcholine?Attention, arousal, movement, and/or memory
What are the three functions of acetylcholine?
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