Biopsychology Key Terms Flashcards
Adrenaline
Autonomic Nervous System
Governs the brains involuntary activities, like your heartbeat.
It is self-regulating.
It is divided into the sympathetic branch (fight or flight) and the parasympathetic branch (rest and digest)
Axon
Biological Structure
Brain
The part of the central nervous system that is responsible for coordinating sensitisation, intellectual and nervous activity.
Cell Body
Central Nervous System
Comprises the brain and spinal cord. It receives information from the senses and controls the bodies responses.
Chromosomes
Concordance Rates
Dendrites
Dizygotic Twins
DNA
Endocrine Glands
Endocrine System
Evolution
Excitation
Fight or Flight Response
Genes
Genotype
Gland
Hormone
Inhibition
Monozygotic Twins
Motor Neurones
Myelin Sheath
Negative Feedback
Neurochemistry
Neurotransmitter
Nodes of Ranvier
Parasympathetic Nervous System
Peripheral Nervous System
The part of the nervous system that is outside the brain and the spinal cord.
Phenotype
Pituitary Gland
Post Synaptic Neuron
Relay Neurones
Sensory Neurones
Somatic Nervous System
Sympathomedullary Pathway
Synaptic Gap
Synaptic Transmission
Synaptic Vesicle
Target Cells
Terminal Buttons
