Getting On My Nerve Cells | Nervous Systems | Miscellaneous | Lost in my Mind | Directional Vocabulary and reflexes |
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Myelin
What covers axons and makes impulses move faster down the axon?
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Hard mother
What does Dura Mater translate to?
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3lbs or 1400 grams
How much does the brain weigh?
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Corpus collosum
This structure acts as a "highway" of information between the left and right hemisphere?
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Reflex response
Sensory information in and motor information out is known as what?
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Axon fibers
What is white matter dense with?
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The brain and spinal chord
The central nervous system is comprised of what two body parts?
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Phineas Gage
Who was the man who had a 3 foot piece of iron lodged in hid frontal lobe?
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Cerebral cortex
This is the surface of the cerebrum. It is also where conscious thought occurs.
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Superior
The upper half of the body is known as what?
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Nodes of Ranvier
What are open places on the axon called?(Must say with an accent)
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Somatic and autonomic nervous systems
The peripheral nervous system is comprised of what two other systems?
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Left hemisphere
Language and logic both are commonly seen coming from which hemisphere of the brain?
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Gyri
This is the name for the upper bump of the cerebral fold.
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Posterior and dorsal
What are terms for the back of the body?
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Threshold
What is the minimum amount of energy needed to cause a neuron to fire?
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Arachnoid
What is the middle layer of the meninges?
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Broca's area
Which area aid in speech production and language?
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Forebrain
The thalamus, hypothalamus, and pituitary gland are all part of which part of the brain?
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Posterior to Anterior
Where do reflex responses come in and leave?
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Endorphins
Which Neurotransmitter acts as a natural opiate and reduces pain?
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700 cc's
How much Cerebrospinal fluid is produced every day?
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Gray matter
Cell bodies make up this form of matter?
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Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital lobes
Name the four lobes of the brain?
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Sagittal
Cutting the brain this way, divides the brain into a left and right side.
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