Vocabulary

**__Vocabulary__**

**__Cerebrum__**- The biggest part of the brain. Made up of two hemispheres and 4 lobes.


 * __Nervous System__**- Organ system composed of cells called neurons. Consists of brain, spinal cord, retina, and nerves.


 * __Mnemonic__** – Any technique used to aid learning and memory


 * __Fleming's VAK/VARK model__**- this is the most common and widely used way of categorizing different learning styles. The learning styles used in this model are visual, auditory, and kinesthetic/tactile


 * __Aphasia__**- an impairment of speech and language

__**IQ( Intelligence Quotient**)-__ A score based on different standardized tests measuring intelligence
 * __Neurons__**- the billions of cells that make up our brain, spinal cord, and nerves. In the brain alone there are up to 100 billion neurons.
 * Risk-** a choice or action that could possibly result in a negative outcome**.**
 * __Sensory Neurons__-** Sensory neurons are the neurons that respond to touch, sound, smell, light, and taste. These convert the external stimulation to something that your brain understands as feel, hear, see, taste, and smell**.**


 * __Motor Neurons__-** These neurons are responsible for muscle movement through electric signals transmitted through our central nervous system, from our brain.

__**Self Destructive**__- self afflicted harm or abuse. Could be physical or mental **__Procrastination-__** To delay or put off something that needs to be done for later.
 * __Interneurons__-** Interneurons connect other neurons within the same region to form networks.

__**Broca's Area**__-Part of the cerebral cortex involved in the production of language.

__**Basal Ganglia**__- Associated with voluntary motor control, learning, habits, and eye movements __**Medulla-**__ Located at the base of the brainstem and controls basic life-support functions such as heartbeat and breathing

__**Physiology**__- The study of the functions of living systems

__**Auditory-**__ Relating to the process of hearing

__**Cochlea-**__ the auditory part of the inner ear

__**Psychiatry-**__ The medical specialty devoted to the treatment and study of mental disorders

__**Pupillary Light Reflex-**__ The reflex that controls the diameter of the pupil depending on the light

__**Pupil-**__ The part of the eye that allows light into the retina. The black dot in the middle of the iris which is the colored part of the eye.

__**Iris-**__ The colored ring of muscle that surrounds the pupil in the eye that controls the amount of light that enters the retina. __**Classical Condtioning**__- Teaching a response to a stimulus through pairing with a second stimulus with a biological reflex **__Wernicke's Area__**-Part of the cerebral cortex Involved in the comprehension of language both written and spoken.