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Neurons
Allows you to think, plan and dream and are the basic building block of the nervous system. Neurons communicate by Electrical current Sodium and Potassium ions Resting Potential: body at rest Depolarization: body getting ready to work Action potential: body inaction Refractory period: body recovering TERM 2
Body Cells
DEFINITION 2 Specialized for transmitting information or messages in the form of electrical impulses. TERM 3
Dendrites
DEFINITION 3 Picks up new information from the eyes, ears, nose and mouth to internal parts and other parts. TERM 4
Cell Body
DEFINITION 4 Organize information. TERM 5
Axon
DEFINITION 5 Carries electrical information.
Terminal Buttons
Pass the information on to other dendrites, muscles and other parts. TERM 7
Sensory Neurons
DEFINITION 7 (coming in) Transmits information about the outside world to the spinal card and brain. TERM 8
Motor Neurons
DEFINITION 8 (going out) Conveys messages from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles that control movement TERM 9
Interneurons
DEFINITION 9 Connects neurons to neurons. TERM 10
Nerve
DEFINITION 10 A cluster of axons.
Cerebral Cortex
Responsible for our ability to: Think Use language Calculate Organize Create Control TERM 17
Cerebral Cortex
DEFINITION 17 Cerebral Cortex has 2 hemispheres connected by the corpus collosum Occipital lobes Parietal lobes Frontal lobes Temporal lobes TERM 18
Midbrain
DEFINITION 18 Controls automatic movement of the eye muscles. Also part of the brain stem. TERM 19
Occipita Lobes
DEFINITION 19 Located in the back of the brain. Processes visual information. TERM 20
Parietal Lobes
DEFINITION 20 Located on the sides of the brain. Processes sensory information from the body.
Frontal Lobes
Located at the front of the brain. The executive center of the brain. Access memory Self awareness Thinks TERM 22
Temporal Lobes
DEFINITION 22 Located beneath and behind the frontal lobes. Perform higher mental functions Learning/abstract thought/creation TERM 23
Brain
Specializaton
DEFINITION 23 Lateralization The division of functions between the right and left hemispheres. Left functions Right functions Language Non verbal processing SpeakingRecognition Reading Processing musical sounds Writing Understanding emotions
