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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Hypothesis that the movements that we make and those that we perceive in others are essential features of our conscious behavior.






2. 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.






3. Cerebral Cortex often generally characterized as performing the brain's 'executive' functions - such as decision making - lying anterior to the central sulcus and beneath the frontal bone of the skull.






4. Large collection of axons coursing together outside of the central nervous system.






5. Central structures of the brain - including the hindbrain - midbrain - thalamus - and hypothalamus - responsible for most unconscious behavior.






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






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






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






9. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






10. Sudden appearance of neurological symptom as a result of severe interruption of blood flow.






11. Subcortical forebrain nuclei that coordinate voluntary movements of the limbs and body; connected to the thalamus and to the midbrain.






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






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






14. Collection of nerve cells that function somewhat like a brain.






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






16. A small protrusion or bump formed by the folding of the cerebral cortex.






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






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






19. One of four cavities in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid that cushions the brain and may play a role in maintaining brain metabolism.






20. Learned behaviors that are passed on from on generation to the next through teaching and experience.






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.


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






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






31. Neurosurgery in which electrodes implanted in the brain stimulate a targeted area with a low-voltage electrical current to facilitate behavior.






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. Process in which maturation is delayed - and so an adult retains infant characteristics; idea derived from the observation that newly evolved species resemble the young of their common ancestors.






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






36. 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.






37. Fiber system connecting the two cerebral hemispheres to provide a route for direct communication between them.






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






39. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






40. 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.






41. A group of cells forming a cluster that can be identified with special stains to form a functional grouping.






42. Proposed nonmaterial entity responsible for intelligence - attention - awareness and consciousness.






43. Cortex that functions in connection with hearing - language - and musical abilities and lies below the lateral fissure - beneath the temporal bone at the side of the lobe.






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






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






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






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






48. Wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head..






49. Cerebral Cortex that functions to direct movements toward a goal or to perform a task - such as grasping an object - lying posterior to the central sulcus and beneath the parietal bone at the top of the skull.






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