FRHD 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Breast Milk, Pincer Movement, Binocular Vision

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1010
• Professor: Susan Chuang

Document Summary

Norm: an average, or standard, measurement, calculated from the measurments of many individuals with a specific group or population. Head sparing: a biological mechanism that protects the brain when malnutrition disrupts body growth. The rbain is the last part of the body that is damaged by malnutrition. Neurons: one of billions of nerve cells in the central nervous system, especially in the brain. Cortex: the outer layer of the brain in humans and other mammals. Most thinking, feeling and sensing involves the cortex. Preforontal cortex: the area of the cortex at the very front of the brain that specialized in anticipation, planning and impulse control. Axon: a fibre that extends to from a neuron and transmits electrochemical impules from that neuron to the dendritie of other neurons. Dendrite: a fibre that extends from a neuron and receives electrochemical impulses transmitted from other neurons via their axons.