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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Part of the PNS that includes the cranial and spinal nerves to and from the muscles - joints - and skin that produce movement - transmit incoming sensory input - and inform the CNS about the position and movement of body parts.






2. Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed - producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep-wake behavior and behavioral arousal.






3. Movement related to sensory inputs - such as turning the head to see the source of a sound.






4. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.






5. Of the mind; an explanation of behavior as a function of the nonmaterial mind.






6. Increase in the activity of a neuron or brain area.






7. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.






8. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.






9. Newest - outer layer (new bark) of the forebrain and composed of about six layers of gray matter that creates or reality.






10. Division into a number of parts that are similar; refers to the idea that many animals - including vertebrates - are composed of similarly organized body segments.






11. Areas of the nervous system composed predominantly of cell bodies and blood vessels that function either to collect and modify information or to support this activity.






12. Floor (area below the ventricle) of the midbrain; a collection of nuclei with movement-related - species-specific - and pain-perception functions.






13. Behavior that is characteristic of all members of a species.






14. Evolutionarily the oldest part of the brain; contains pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum structures that coordinate and control most voluntary and involuntary movements.






15. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.






16. Area of the skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single spinal-cord dorsal root.






17. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.


18. Part of the autonomic nervous system; arouses the body for action - such as mediating the involuntary fight-or-flight response to alarm by increasing hear rate and blood pressure.






19. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






20. Roof (area above the ventricle) of the midbrain; its functions are sensory processing - particular visual and auditory - and the production of orienting movements.






21. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.






22. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.






23. Hypothesis that the movements that we make and those that we perceive in others are essential features of our conscious behavior.






24. Areas of the nervous system rich in fat-sheathed neural axons that form the connections between brain cells.






25. Major structure of the brainstem specialized for coordinating and learning skilled movements. In large-brained animals - it may also have a role in the coordination of other mental processes.






26. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.






27. Clear solution of sodium chloride and other salts that fills the ventricles inside the brain and circulates around the brain and spinal cord beneath the arachnoid layer in the subarachnoid space.






28. Disorder of the motor system correlated with a loss of dopamine in the brain an characterized by tremors - muscular rigidity - and a reduction in voluntary movement.


29. Idea that selection for improved brain cooling through increased blood circulation in the brains of early hominids enabled the brain to grow larger.






30. Harry Jerison's quantitative measure of brain size obtained from the ratio of actual brain size to expected brain size - according to the principle of proper mass - for an animal of a particular body size.






31. A groove in brain matter - usually a groove found in the neocortex or cerebellum.






32. Evolutionarily the newest part of the brain; coordinates advanced cognitive functions such as thinking - planning - and language; contains the limbic system - basal ganglia - and the neocortex.






33. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






34. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.






35. All the neurons in the body located outside the brain and the spinal cord; provides sensory and motor connections to and from the CNS






36. Major structure of the forebrain - consisting of two virtually identical hemispheres (left and right) and responsible for most conscious behavior.






37. General term referring to primates that walk upright - including all forms of humans - living and extinct.






38. A specialized 'nerve cell' engaged in information processing.






39. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.






40. One of a set of 12 nerve pairs that control sensory and motor functions of the head - neck - and internal organs.






41. Simple nervous system that has no brain or spinal cord but consists of neurons that receive sensory information and connect directly to other neurons that move muscles.






42. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.






43. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.






44. Part of the central nervous system encased within the vertebrae (spinal column) tat provides most of the connections between the brain and the rest of the body.






45. Disorder of the basal ganglia characterized by tics; involuntary vocalizations (including curse words and animal sounds); and odd - involuntary movements of the body; especially of the face and head.


46. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.






47. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.






48. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated into the appropriate region of the neocortex.






49. Condition in which a person can display some rudimentary behaviors - such as smiling - or utter a few words but is otherwise not conscious.






50. Condition in which a person is alive but unable to communicate or to function independently at even the most basic level.