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What is the dendrite?
The cell body, axon, and this part make up the axon
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What are the potassium channels?
This channel opens and causes repolarization
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What are neurotransmitters?
the contents of synaptic vesicles
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What is the frontal lobe?
The part of the brain that contains the primary motor cortex
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What is the medulla oblongata?
The part of the unconscious brain that controls blood pressure and breathing.
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What are Schwann Cells?
The name of the cells that make up the myelin sheath
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What are the sodium channels?
This channel opens and causes depolarization of the axon.
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What are calcium channels?
This channel opens and causes the movement of synaptic vesicles towards the pre-synaptic membrane
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What is the occipital lobe?
The part of the brain that contains the visual cortex
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What is the pituitary gland?
The part of the brain that secretes hormones like FSH and LH
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What is the sensory neuron?
This neuron has a long dendrite and a short axon
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What are -60mV and +40mV
The resting membrane potential measures this value, while this value is reached after depolarization.
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What is dopamine?
This neurotransmitter is involved with the repetition of an event or behaviour
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What is the parietal lobe?
The part of the brain that contains the primary visual cortex?
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What is the thalamus?
The part of the brain that acts as a central relay station, and prioritizes which sensory information continues on to the cerebrum
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What are the somatic and autonomic nervous system?
The peripheral nervous system is made up of these two divisions.
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What is the sodium potassium pump
This restores the resting membrane potential, and fine tunes the "overshoot" of repolarization.
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What is the basal ganglia?
This part of the brain plays a part in the pleasure of drug use.
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What is the frontal lobe?
The part of the brain that contains Broca's area, and results in "broken words".
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What is the pons?
the part of the brain that houses the cranial nerves, and acts as a bridge for motor and sensory fibres.
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What is the motor, or efferent, neuron?
A spinal disc herniation impinges on the ventral nerve root of a spinal nerve. This causes symptoms of this neuron.
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What is the presence of inhibitory neurotransmitters?
The cause of HYPER polarization
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What is the extended amygdala?
When withdrawing from drug use, this area of the brain causes negative symptoms such as anxiety and irritability. People may take drugs to prevent these symptoms.
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What are the temporal and parietal lobes?
The part of the brain that contains Wernicke's area, and results in "word salad"
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What is the hypothalamus?
The part of the brain that regulates homeostasis, including hormone levels, temperature, sleep, and water balance
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