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Samenvatting Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology, ISBN: 9780716795865 Introductie Psychobiologie
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FUNDAMENTELS OF HUMAN NEUROPSYCHOLOGYWOORDENLIJST
Traumatic brain injury – a wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head
Neuropsychology – the scientific study of the relations between brain function and behavior
Brain theory – the brain is the source of behavior
Neuron theory – the unit of brain structure and function is the neuron
Neuron – nerve cell
Brain – the tissue (weefsel) found within the skull
Hemispheres – the brain’s two almost symmetrical halves
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) = salty fluid within the brain, which cushions the brain and assist in
removing metabolic waste
Cerebral cortex – hersenschors, het buitenste gedeelte van de hersenen
Gyri – the folds, or bumps, in the cortex hersenwinding
Sylci – the creases in the cortex hersengroeve
Longitudinal fissure – large sulcus that divides the two hemispheres
Lateral fissure – large sulcus that divides each hemisphere into halves
Corpus callosum – a pathway that connect the brain’s hemispheres
Temporal lobe – a lobe located below the lateral fissure
Frontal lobe – a lobe lying immediately above the temporal lobe
Parietal lobe – a lobe located behind the frontal lobe
Occipital lobe – a lobe that constitutes the area at the back of each hemisphere
Brainstem – hersenstam
Spinal cord – ruggenmerg
Central nervous system (CNS) – brain + spinal cord
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