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weighs about 3 lbs
about the consistency of jell-o or pudding |
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controls balance and movement
remembering well learned tasks and skilled movements
processing some types of memory |
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pathway for nerve signals to and from the brain
coordination of reflex actions |
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regulates automatic body functions such as
- swallowing
- breathing in and out
- sneezing
- heart beat
- eye movements and blinking |
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feeling emotions related to survival such as fear and anger
processing of memories for long term storage
feeling pleasure
regulation of body temperature, thirst, and hunger |
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| responsible for thinking, learning, remembering, sensing, speaking, feeling emotions, voluntary movement, planning, decision making, reasoning |
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| a long extension from the neurons cell body that carries outgoing nerve impulses to other neurons |
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| transmit nerve impulses to the dendrites of other neurons |
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| insulating membrane that surrounds the axon |
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| receive incoming impulses from other neurons |
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| Components of the reward pathway |
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responsible for driving our feelings of motivation, reward, and behavior
make us feel good when we engage in behaviors necessary for survival |
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| the condition in which the body's internal environment remains relatively constant, within physiological limits |
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| a secretion of endocrine cells that alters the physiological activity of target cells in the body |
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