Homework answers / question archive / Small branching fibers that extend from the soma of a neuron and receive messages from adjacent neurons A device used to record the simultaneous activity of many thousands of neurons through electrodes attached to the scalp The body's system of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream and thereby affect many bodily functions Brain structures above the midbrain, including the thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system, and the cerebral hemispheres; involved in higher-order sensory, motor, and cognitive functions A brain-scanning procedure that produces pictures of blood flow in the brain taken less than a second apart A change in the electrical potential of a neuron that is proportional to the intensity of the incoming stimulation but not sufficient to produce an action potential The part of the brain situated immediately above the spinal cord that contains the brain stem and cerebellum A structure of the limbic system that plays a key role in the formation and storage of memories The maintenance of biological equilibrium, or balance, within the body Chemical substances secreted by the glands of the endocrine system that travel in the bloodstream and affect bodily organs, psychological functions, and development A forebrain structure located below the thalamus and above the pituitary gland that control autonomic and hormonal processes and plays a major role in many aspects of motivation and emotional behavior Neurons that are neither sensory nor motor neurons but that perform associative or integrative functions within the nervous system The degree of localization of a function in either the right or the left cerebral hemisphere A group of subcortical structures, including the hippocampus and amygdala, that are involved in organizing many goal-directed and emotional behaviors A brain=scanning procedure that produces a highly detailed image of living tissue based on the tissue's response to a magnetic field; can be used to study both structure and, in the case of the fMRI, brain functions as they occur A brain stem structure that controls vital functions, including heartbeat and respiration Brain structures above the hindbrain that are involved in sensory and motor functions and in attention and states of consciousness The cortical area in the rear portion of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements on the opposite sides of the body Specialized neurons that carry neural messages from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands A fatty insulating substance on the axon of some neurons that increases the speed of neural transmission

Small branching fibers that extend from the soma of a neuron and receive messages from adjacent neurons A device used to record the simultaneous activity of many thousands of neurons through electrodes attached to the scalp The body's system of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream and thereby affect many bodily functions Brain structures above the midbrain, including the thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system, and the cerebral hemispheres; involved in higher-order sensory, motor, and cognitive functions A brain-scanning procedure that produces pictures of blood flow in the brain taken less than a second apart A change in the electrical potential of a neuron that is proportional to the intensity of the incoming stimulation but not sufficient to produce an action potential The part of the brain situated immediately above the spinal cord that contains the brain stem and cerebellum A structure of the limbic system that plays a key role in the formation and storage of memories The maintenance of biological equilibrium, or balance, within the body Chemical substances secreted by the glands of the endocrine system that travel in the bloodstream and affect bodily organs, psychological functions, and development A forebrain structure located below the thalamus and above the pituitary gland that control autonomic and hormonal processes and plays a major role in many aspects of motivation and emotional behavior Neurons that are neither sensory nor motor neurons but that perform associative or integrative functions within the nervous system The degree of localization of a function in either the right or the left cerebral hemisphere A group of subcortical structures, including the hippocampus and amygdala, that are involved in organizing many goal-directed and emotional behaviors A brain=scanning procedure that produces a highly detailed image of living tissue based on the tissue's response to a magnetic field; can be used to study both structure and, in the case of the fMRI, brain functions as they occur A brain stem structure that controls vital functions, including heartbeat and respiration Brain structures above the hindbrain that are involved in sensory and motor functions and in attention and states of consciousness The cortical area in the rear portion of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements on the opposite sides of the body Specialized neurons that carry neural messages from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands A fatty insulating substance on the axon of some neurons that increases the speed of neural transmission

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1. Small branching fibers that extend from the soma of a neuron and receive messages from adjacent neurons
2. A device used to record the simultaneous activity of many thousands of neurons through electrodes attached to the scalp
3. The body's system of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream and thereby affect many bodily functions
4. Brain structures above the midbrain, including the thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system, and the cerebral hemispheres; involved in higher-order sensory, motor, and cognitive functions
5. A brain-scanning procedure that produces pictures of blood flow in the brain taken less than a second apart
6. A change in the electrical potential of a neuron that is proportional to the intensity of the incoming stimulation but not sufficient to produce an action potential
7. The part of the brain situated immediately above the spinal cord that contains the brain stem and cerebellum
8. A structure of the limbic system that plays a key role in the formation and storage of memories
9. The maintenance of biological equilibrium, or balance, within the body
10. Chemical substances secreted by the glands of the endocrine system that travel in the bloodstream and affect bodily organs, psychological functions, and development
11. A forebrain structure located below the thalamus and above the pituitary gland that control autonomic and hormonal processes and plays a major role in many aspects of motivation and emotional behavior
12. Neurons that are neither sensory nor motor neurons but that perform associative or integrative functions within the nervous system
13. The degree of localization of a function in either the right or the left cerebral hemisphere
14. A group of subcortical structures, including the hippocampus and amygdala, that are involved in organizing many goal-directed and emotional behaviors
15. A brain=scanning procedure that produces a highly detailed image of living tissue based on the tissue's response to a magnetic field; can be used to study both structure and, in the case of the fMRI, brain functions as they occur
16. A brain stem structure that controls vital functions, including heartbeat and respiration
17. Brain structures above the hindbrain that are involved in sensory and motor functions and in attention and states of consciousness
18. The cortical area in the rear portion of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements on the opposite sides of the body
19. Specialized neurons that carry neural messages from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
20. A fatty insulating substance on the axon of some neurons that increases the speed of neural transmission