| actionpotential | | brain region; contains medulla |
| adrenal | | nerve fibers that carry info away from CNS to periphery |
| thalamus | | transmits signal away from soma to other neurons |
| cerebrum | | sponging up of neurotransmitters from synapse |
| neuron | | shift in neuron electrical charge; travels along axon |
| soma | | nerve fibers that carry info to CNS from periphery |
| peripheral | | largest lobe in brain |
| neurotransmitters | | lobe; contains somatosensory cortex |
| petscan | | involved in emotion |
| broca | | produce 3-dimensional images (abbreviation) |
| myelinsheath | | destroying brain tissue |
| parietal | | neuron sending an impulse |
| prefrontalcortex | | glands that produce adrenaline |
| synapse | | nerve cell |
| reuptake | | examines blood flow/metabolic activity in brain (abbreviation/word) |
| limbicsystem | | controls unconscious vital functions |
| reticularformation | | neuron receiving an impulse |
| parasympathetic | | lobe; contains primary auditory cortex |
| pons | | refers to brains ability of neural reorganization |
| fightorflight | | gland that produces insulin |
| efferent | | small knob; contains neurotransmitters |
| mri | | weighs about 3 lbs. |
| ctscan | | weak electric current into brain to stimulate structure (abbreviation) |
| allornonelaw | | involved in sleep |
| frontal | | neuron either fires or does not fire |
| hindbrain | | cell body |
| hypothalamus | | controls balance |
| cerebellum | | type of PSP; positive voltage shift |
| pituitary | | includes 4 brain structures; regulates emotion, memory, motivation |
| axon | | recording electrodes attached to scalp (abbreviation) |
| corpuscallosum | | area responsible for language comprehension |
| inhibitory | | branch-like structure |
| tms | | chemicals released into synapse |
| presynaptic | | pea-sized gland; master gland |
| midbrain | | division of nervous system; nerves outside brain |
| wernicke | | type of PSP; negative voltage shift |
| hormones | | temporarily increases/decreases activity in specific area of brain (abbreviation) |
| sympathetic | | area responsible for speech production |
| eeg | | relay center; handles sensory info (except smell) |
| terminalbutton | | control higher order functions |
| esb | | physiological reaction to threat/stress |
| autonomic | | creates vivid images of horizontal slices of brain (abbreviation/word) |
| occipital | | division of ANS; activates body resources for emergencies |
| excitatory | | division of peripheral nervous system; controls automatic functions |
| postsynaptic | | involved in memory |
| pancreas | | gap between neurons |
| dendrites | | fluid that protects brain |
| cerebrospinalfluid | | brain region; contains reticular formation |
| temporal | | controls hunger, thirst, temperature |
| hippocampus | | controls sensory info, thinking, learning, emotion, consciousness, voluntary movement |
| brain | | insulating material |
| amygdala | | connects left hemisphere |
| afferent | | largest/complex brain region |
| plasticity | | chemical messengers of endocrine system |
| somatic | | involved in arousal, attention, sleep/wakefulness, reflexes |
| medulla | | lobe; contains primary visual cortex |
| forebrain | | division of ANS; conserves bodily resources |
| lesioning | | division of peripheral nervous system; connent to voluntary skeletal muscles |
