CRIM 3450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Limbic System, Bobby Pin, Cerebral Cortex
14 Sep 2018
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Process whereby the body maintains balance while adjusting for these things. Property of a system that regulates internal environment in response to external environment. Tends to maintain a stable, relatively constant condition of properties. Example: when your body gets too hot, it needs cooling down and vice versa. Body self regulates via the nervous system and endocrine system. Release of regulatory chemicals is the main way to regulate this. Overtime, the brain recognizes the signs of drug use and adjusts even before the substance enters the system. The network of nerve cells and fibers that transmits nerve impulses between parts of the body. Neurons: nerve cells that conduct homeostatic functions of the brain and other parts of the nervous system. The brain is a communication center, networks of neurons pass messages back and forth among the structures in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves of the body. Receptors are special proteins in the receiving neurons and other target cells.
