nervous system sac

Question 1

CNS

Answer 1

carries messages to and from PNS

Question 2

Brain

Answer 2

how we think and feel

Question 3

Spinal cord

Answer 3

spinal reflex connects to PNS

Question 4

Somatic NS

Answer 4

All senses and movement

Question 5

PNS

Answer 5

carries messages to and from CNS

Question 6

ANS

Answer 6

connects CNS to organs and glands

Question 7

Sympathetic NS

Answer 7

prepares body for action (fight or flight)

Question 8

Parasympathetic NS

Answer 8

calms body after action (freeze)

Question 9

Enteric

Answer 9

digestive

Question 10

Glutamate (neurotransmitter)

Answer 10

excitatory (likely to fire)

Question 11

GABA (neurotransmitter)

Answer 11

inhibitory (less likely to fire)

Question 12

Dopamine (neuromodulator)

Answer 12

both, reward system

Question 13

serotonin (neuromodulator)

Answer 13

inhibitory, mood and sleep

Question 14

Synaptic plasticity

Answer 14

change in response to experience

Question 15

LTP

Answer 15

Strengthens synapses (fire together, wire together)

Question 16

LTD

Answer 16

weakens synapses (use it or lose it)

Question 17

Sprouting

Answer 17

new connections

Question 18

Rerouting

Answer 18

alternative new connections

Question 19

Pruning

Answer 19

eliminating unused synapses

Question 20

Cortisol

Answer 20

energy increase

Question 21

Alarm

Answer 21

sympathetic nervous system is activated, stress comes in

Question 22

Resistance

Answer 22

cortisol released

Question 23

Exhaustion

Answer 23

prolonged cortisol, immune system weakens

Question 24

Coping flexibility

Answer 24

modify coping strategies to a situation

Question 25

Hypothesis

Answer 25

is it hypothesised that (population) who (operationalised IV) will have (prediction) as shown in the (DV) than the control group