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Physiological Psychology
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1. The actions of the body’s voluntary muscles are controlled by the ______________, located just in front of the central sulcus in the frontal lobes.
2. The synaptic vesicles contain chemicals called _______________.
3. The ______________ system is made up of glands located throughout the body and uses chemical messengers called hormones to transmit information from one part of the body to another.
4. Speeds along myelinated axons can reach ____________ miles per hour.
5. ______________is produced by adipose tissue to signal fat storage reserves in the body, and mediates long-term appetitive controls,
6. A chemical substance that mimics the action of a neurotransmitter at a receptor site is ________________.
7. The area where the axon connects to the soma is ______________.
8. The hypothalamus maintains the body’s internal equilibrium, or _________________.
9. _______________ stimulates muscle contractions and is involved in memory functions.
10. In diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), progressive deterioration of the _______________ leads to jerky, uncoordinated movements in the affected person.
11. The production of new brain cells from naturally occurring stem cells are called ______________.
12. In females, a pituitary hormone stimulates production of _____________, which is essential to the hormonal chain reaction that triggers the release of ova from a woman’s ovaries, making her fertile.
13. ________________ is the process by which neurotransmitter molecules detach from a postsynaptic neuron and are reabsorbed by the presynaptic neuron so they can be recycled and used again.
14. The __________________ connects the spinal cord with the rest of the brain.
15. ________________ is the largest lobe of the cerebral cortex.
16. ___________________ is the distance or depth cues that require the use of both eyes.
17. _______________ is the expression of your genetic makeup (eye color, height, hair color, etc).
18. An area in the lower left frontal lobe, known to play a crucial role in speech production is called ________________ area.
19. The signals that trigger the secretion of hormones are regulated primarily by a brain structure called the _________________.
20. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating disorder caused by deterioration of the ________________.
21. _____________ is the binocular cue that relies on the fact that our eyes are set a couple of inches apart and thus a slightly different image of an object is cast on the retina of each eye.
22. The ___________________ includes the hindbrain and the midbrain which are located at the base of the brain.
23. _________________ carry information away from the cell body.
24. The pseudoscience associated with the study of the skull and personality became known as___________.
25. _____________ are the thread-like strands of DNA molecules that form the DNA segments.

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