You’ve got nerve

It takes brains

Homeo-stasis

Synapse in half

Don’t shoot the

messenger

O-vary clever

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This material covers the axons of nerve cells in the PNS.

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What is myelin?

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This part of a neuron receives sensory information.

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What is the dendrite?

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________ nerves bring information to the spinal cord, ___________ nerves send information back to effectors.

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What are sensory and motor?

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These nerves in the autonomic nervous system take control during a fight or flight situation.

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What are sympathetic nerves?

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Depolarization features the opening of ____________ channels and the interior of the nerve becoming rapidly __________ in charge.

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What are sodium and positive?

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This part of the cerebral cortex receives visual sensory information.

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What is the occipital lobe?

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This bundle of nerves connects the left and right brain hemispheres.

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What is the corpus callosum?

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This part of the brain regulates temperature, appetite and controls the master gland.

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What is the hypothalamus?

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Damaging this part of your cerebral cortex can affect your personality.

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What is the frontal lobe?

This part of the brain has about 50% of the total nerves in the brain (must be important!)

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What is the cerebellum?

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Most regulation mechanisms in the body are of this type.

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What are negative feedback mechanisms?

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The release of this hormone during labour is an example of a positive feedback mechanism.

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What is oxytocin?

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These cells in the pancreas are responsible for monitoring blood sugar and releasing insulin.

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What are Beta-cells?

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This nervous mechanism doesn’t involve the brain, and kicks in when you touch a hot burner, for example.

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What is a reflex arc or reflex response?

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Shivering, arm hair standing up are part of the body’s homeostatic mechanism to regulate this.

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What is body temperature?

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The molecules that carry nerve signals across the synapse.

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What are neurotransmitters?

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Production of ___________ was lacking in the brains of the patients in Awakenings.

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What is dopamine?

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Many addictive drugs affect this pathway in the brain.

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What is the reward pathway?

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LSD affects this neurotransmitter, one often associated with depression, schizophrenia and other mental illnesses.

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What is serotonin?

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This ion floods into the pre-synaptic membrane to signal the movement of vesicles to the membrane

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What is calcium?

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When your blood sugar is low, this hormone will be released.

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What is glucagon?

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The adrenal medulla makes this exciting pair of hormones.

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What are epinephrine (adreneline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline)?

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You may get a goiter if you don’t have enough of this in your diet.

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What is iodine?

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This hormone is secreted from the anterior pituitary in response to stress.

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What is ACTH?

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Low blood calcium would be detected by these glands.

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What are the parathyroid glands?

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The two pituitary hormones involved in regulating the reproductive cycle.

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What are LH and FSH?

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This remains behind in the ovary after the egg leaves the follicle.

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What is corpus luteum?

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Birth control pills contain primarily this hormone.

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What is progesterone?

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This is the lining of the uterus.

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What is the endometrium?

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When the levels of LH in the body peak, this happens.

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What is ovulation?

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The control of metabolism in the body is regulated by these 3 hormones.

What are: thyroid releasing hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone and thyroxine?