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Biopsychology Flashcards

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what are the two subunits of the nervous system

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  • Central Nervous System (CNS)
  • Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
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what are the components of the CNS

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brain and spinal cord

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what does the central nervous system control and how

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  • behaviour
  • regulation of body’s physiological processes
  • receives sensory input, produces motor responses
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what is the function of the brain in the CNS

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take info, process it and act on the information

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what is the function of the spinal cord in the CNS

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  • receives and transmits info to and form the brain to the peripheral nervous system
  • responsible for reflex actions
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What are the components of the peripheral nervous system

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  • somatic
  • automatic (sympathetic and parasympathetic)
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what does the peripheral nervous system do

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  • relays info from the outside world, muscles and organs via neurones
  • send messages from CNS to the muscles and glands
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What is the function of the somatic nervous system

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  • receives information from sensory receptors and sends this info to the CNS
  • then relays info to the motor neurones
  • controls muscle movement
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what is the function of the Automatic nervous system

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  • connects CNS to internal organs
  • divided into sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system
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Function of the parasympathetic nervous system and characteristics of when it takes place

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  • rest and digest
  • constricts pupils
  • increases salivation
  • decreases respiration rate
  • decreases heart rate
  • dilates blood vessels
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Function of the sympathetic nervous system and characteristics of when it takes place

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  • fight or flight
  • dilates pupils
  • increases respiration rate
  • increases heart rate
  • constricts blood vessels
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Structure of a neurone

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  • axon
  • axon terminal button
  • myelin sheath (protects and speeds up)
  • dendrite
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3 types of neurones

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  • sensory
  • motor
  • relay
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Function of the sensory neurone

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  • carry messages from the receptors to the CNS
  • convert info to neural impulses
  • long dendrites and short axon
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Function of the relay neurone

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  • connect sensory neurones to motor neurones
  • allow the two neurones to communicate
  • short dendrites and short axon
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Function of the motor neurone

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  • connect CNS to muscles and glands
  • Stimulate motor neurone to release neurotransmitters that bond to receptors on muscles and trigger a response that leads to muscle moves
  • short dendrites long axon
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Why does synaptic transmission happen

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  • in order for the action potential to reach the next neurone it has to cross the gap (synapse)
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How does synaptic transmission occur

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  • presynaptic neurone release neurotransmitter from synaptic vessels into the gap
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What is a neurotransmitter

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  • Chemicals that diffuse across the synapse to the next neurone
  • once they cross the synapse they bind to receptors on the post synaptic neurone
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What is Excitation

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Neurotransmitter leads to neurone being positively charged and more likely to fire
- Noradrenaline

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What is Inhibition

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Neurotransmitter leads to a neurone being negatively charged and less likely to fire

seretonin

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What is the function of the endocrine system

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secrete hormones which are needed to regulate many bodily functions and to provide a chemical system of communication via the blood stream

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What regulates the endocrine system

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Hypothalamus

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What hormones do the ovaries and the testes produce

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ovaries produce oestrogen
testes produce testosterone

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What hormone does the adrenal glands produce and what can it be used for

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  • adrenaline
  • fight or flight response
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What hormone does the pineal gland produce and what does it do

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-melatonin (regulation of arousal)

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