PSYC 1F25 Chapter 2: Brain and Behavior- Key Terms .docx
15 May 2015
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Psyc 1f90: chapter 2: brain and behavior: key terms. Lecture topic: evolution (brain/mind, triune brain, and evolution, biosocial. Parts of a neuron: dendrites: neuron fibers that receive incoming messages look like tree roots, are neurons fibers that receive messages from other neurons, soma: the main body of a neuron or other cell, sends messages down thin fiber called the axon, axon: fiber that carries information away from the cell body of a neuron. Ans: central nervous system (cns): the brain and spinal cord, brain carries out most of the (computing in the nervous system) b) peripheral nervous system (pns): all parts of nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord c) somatic nervous system (sns) the system of nerves liking the spinal cord within the body and sense organs, carriers messages to and from the sense organs and skeletal muscles.
