Exam 1 | PSYCH 1 - General Psychology, Quizzes of Psychology

Download Exam 1 | PSYCH 1 - General Psychology and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Camillo Golgi DEFINITION 1 Golgi's method is a nervous tissue staining technique discovered by Italian physician and scientist Camillo Golgi (1843-1926) in 1873. It was initially named the black reaction (la reazione nera) by Golgi, but it became better known as the Golgi stain or later, Golgi method. TERM 2 Ramon y Cajal DEFINITION 2 Santiago Ramn y Cajal ForMemRS (1 May 1852 - 18 October 1934) was a Spanish pathologist, histologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate. Perfected Golgi's method TERM 3 Neuron DEFINITION 3 A neuron is an electrically excitable cell that processes and transmits information through electrical and chemical signals. TERM 4 Axon DEFINITION 4 An axon also known as a nerve fibre; is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that typically conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body. TERM 5 Terminal Button DEFINITION 5 Chemical synapses are specialized junctions through which neurons signal to each other and to non-neuronal cells such as those in muscles or glands. TERM 6 Synapse DEFINITION 6 In the nervous system, a synapse is a structure that permits a neuron to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another cell (neural or otherwise). TERM 7 glia cells DEFINITION 7 Glial cells, sometimes called neuroglia or simply glia, are non-neuronal cells that maintain homeostasis, form myelin, and provide support and protection for neurons in the brain, and for neurons in other parts of the nervous system such as in the autonomic nervous system. TERM 8 frontal lobe DEFINITION 8 keeps emotions in check, helps you plan, doesnt develop fully till 24 yrs TERM 9 parietal lobe DEFINITION 9 sensory and motor activities TERM 10 temporal lobe DEFINITION 10 correlates activity