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Complex physiology and anatomy objectiv
Objective
List the steps that occur during
an action potential and then
predict the response when a
change has been made to
either the nerve or the
environment.
Explain the role of dorsal and
ventral spinal tracts. Predict
the effect if one of these tracts
is damaged
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objective What do I know about this objective?
Action potential is the process that
happens when a neuron is fired. When a
neuron is fired, it gives an all or none
response, which means that it's either
firing or at rest. Action potential are
caused by ions crossing the neural
membrane and in this case will be sodium
ions and potassium ions. First a stimulus
will cause sodium ions to pass into the
sodium channels of the neural membrane
to balance out the negative charges within
the neuron. As the neuron becomes
positive, it will depolarized and close the
sodium channels and open the potassium
channels. As potassium enters the neuron,
it'll reverse the depolarization and cause
the neuron to go back to its resting
Worksheet potential, as the potassium channels close.
Dorsal tracts controls sensors ascending,
like touching. If this tract was to be
damage, it would affect our ability to feel.
Spinal tract controls movement, if this
tract was to be damaged, you would not
be able to move from neck to bottom
because you have damage the nerves to
Worksheet the lower half body.

Explain how signals are
transferred from one cell to the
other. Worksheet
Given a neurotransmitter,
predict the effect it will have
on the subsequent nerve/cell Worksheet
Explain a reflex arc and how it
is different from somatic
control. Worksheet
First, neurons are like cells, but in your
brain. Neurotransmitters are chemical
messages that helps neurons
communicate with each other. So first, a
message will be received by the dendrites.
As the message is being received, the
nucleus or soma of the neuron will
decided of the message will be going
through the neuron fast or slow. If the
nucleus decided to make the messages go
at a slow pace, sodium and potassium
ions will slow it down as it passes
through the axon, while being protected
and insulated by the myelin sheath. If the
nucleus decided to make the message go
through at a fast pace, sodium and
potassium ions will then push the
message across the axon. As the message
gets the to the end of the axon, it'll go
through the axon terminals and into the
synapse. The synapse is like a little space
between the neurons where the synapse
receptors will then decide if the message
will whether go through or not. If it goes
through, the cycle will repeat again, if
not, the message will die off in the
synapse.
Dopamine: Monoamines, Responsible for
how good we feel. Inhibitor Exictatory,
pleasure. Serotonin: Responsible for
moods and some basic functions.
Aspartate: Used to prevent and treat low
amounts of magnesium in the blood.
Neurontransmitters can exicte or inhibits
neurons, exictatory neurontransmitters.
Excitatory: Stimulate. Inhibis: Stop
Reaction time to an event. Reflexes:
Automatic, subconcious, quick,
stereotyped responses. Somatic:
Responible for muscle movements

Explain the role of the
hippocampus and amygdala in
memory and emotion Worksheet
Explain the role of inhibitory
and excitatory neurons and
neurotransmitters on pre and
postsynaptic receptors Worksheet
Basic Anatomy objectives that need to be mastered in o
(not much time will be spent on the
I learned that the hippocampus controls
and allows you to store memories. For
example, whenever you are thinking back
of a memory, you are using your
hippocampus as it retrieves it back from
the cerebral cortex. I also learned that
even if your hippocampus gets defected
and doesn't work anymore, you won't be
able to make anymore memories, but will
be able to relive the old ones. Aside from
the hippocampus, I also learned about the
function of the amygdala. The amygdala
are the emotional connections and how
your body responds to emotion. I was
able to learned that if your amygdala is
defected, you will not be able to make an
emotional connection.
When a excitatory message is received,
the neuron will get stimulated and sends
messages or work at a faster pace. For
example, think of drinking coffee or
sugar. After eating lots of sugar, you will
start to feel for energy. That is because
your neurons are being stimulated by the
sugar and that causes them to be work up,
which will make you feel more awake
and aware. When an inhibitory message is
received, it'll do the opposite of an
excitatory and instead slow down the
message and your system. An example of
this will be alcohol. As an depressant
drug, it only makes you crash more and
causes your body and brain to slow down.
When an inhibitory message is received,
it'll do the opposite of an excitatory and
instead slow down the message and your
system. An example of this will be
alcohol. As an depressant drug, it only
makes you crash more and causes your
body and brain to slow down.

Objective
Identify the major structures in
the central nervous system
Activities/resources
that relate to this
objective What I know about this objective
Individual Research In notebook

Identify the major structures in

the peripheral nervous system Individual Research In notebook

Identify the parts of a neuron Individual Research In notebook

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Why did I have this What did I learn while researching this
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I learned that when a drug enters your

body, it'll just flow around. It doesn't have
any specific spot to land in your body. So
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natomy objectives that will be covered in class
My action plan for meeting this
Where am in relation to this objective OR evidence for met or
objective? exceeded

My plan is to do additional research

to help with my understanding of
action potential. By doing so, I'll have
a deeper connection to what it does
and why it happens. It'll also help
with my understanding of how
Mastered neurons works.

My plan is to do additional research

about the dorsal and ventral spinal
tract. Because I missed that lesson, I
will be researching their functions
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excelled in this topic because we also
learned this in Psychology. Unlike in
Anatomy, we did a simulation of how
messages are transferred and how
drugs can affect them. We also want
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each part of the neuron and how it
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to get more in depth information
about how the hippocampus and
Mastered amygdala functions.

I was able to get a head start on this

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be mastered in order to understand the complex physiology

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Questions that I have about this teacher or my peers about this
objective objective

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Why is it important that others know
about this topic? Where I found my information?

It is important because you learn how

a drug can affect your body and how
it gets filtered out. Everyone always
ask about how drugs affects the brain
and body, but no one ever acts how
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filters it out. question.
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Feedback that I was given by the
teacher or my peers

Do your reflection here!!

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lookup on what the amygdala does
and found out that the amygdala also
involves with sexual arousal and
emotions within a person.

Does the hippocampus retrieve

memories or just store them? What role
does the amygdala play in memory?

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