Ap Psycho bio test

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Neural networks
interconnected clusters of neurons in the central nervous system.
interneurons
The peripheral nervous system is to sensory neurons as the central nervous system is to?
movement of the mouth and lips
Direct simulation of the motor cortex would most likely result in?
parietal lobe
lobe for sensing touch
occipital lobe
lobe for seeing
epileptic seizures
Severing the corpus callosum in humans reduces what
sympathetic nervous system
messages are delivered from your spinal cord to your digestive system muscles by what?
sensory cortex
most important for touch
hormones
chemical messengers of endocrine system
corpus callosum
info is most quickly transmitted from one cerebral hemisphere to the other by what?
pituitary
gland that regulates body growth
Broca's area
area of cerebral cortex that directs muscle movement in speech
hypothalamus
major link between nervous and endocrine systems
nervous system
the body's speed electrochemical information system
motor cortex
controls voluntary movement
plasticity
ability of brain to rewire
lesion
surgical destruction of brain tissue
central nervous system
the brain and spinal cord
peripheral nervous system
the sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body
nerves
bundled axons that form neural cables connecting the central nervous system to muscles, glands, and sense organs
somatic nervous system
division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles
autonomic nervous system
part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs
sympathetic nervous system
the division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body in stress
parasympathetic nervous system
the division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body
Dopamine
Influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion. Excess is linked to schizophrenia
ACh
Enables muscle action, learning, and memory. Linked to Alzheimer's disease
Serotonin
Affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal. Undersupply linked to depression.
Norepinephrine
Controls alertness. Undersupply can depress mood
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