neurones Flashcards

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what is neuroscience?

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the study of the body’s nervous systems

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what are the levels of analysis of neuroscience?

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molecular,cellular,systems,behavioural,cognitive

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what are neurones?

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the basic functional unit of the brain, human behaviour and brain function therefore arises from different neurone communications, they make up the nervous system

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define afferent and efferent

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afferent=to carry to-axons carry info towards a particular point
efferent=to carry from-axons carry info away from a point

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define unipolar, bipolar and multipolar

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unipolar=single neutrite
bipolar=two neutrites
multipolar=two or more neutrites

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what does the nervous system do and state its two parts…

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-the nervous system controls every aspect of human behaviour e.g pain, learning and memory
-its two parts are the CNS and the PNS

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