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Psychobiology Flashcards

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CNS

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Brain and Spinal cord

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Somatic PNS

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Sensory and motor processes

eg. Touch

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Autonomic PNS

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Monitors automatic processes

eg. Heart rate

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Nerves

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Are collections of individual nerve processes

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Neurons

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A specialised type of cell

Transmits info to, from and within the CNS

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Neuraxis

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An imaginary line drawn through the spinal cord and then up to the front of the brain

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Distal

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Away

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Proximal

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Near the head

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Ventral

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Front

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Dorsal

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Back

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Lateral

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Outwards

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Medial

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Inwards

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Sliced brain across

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Frontal and cornal

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Slice brain lengthways

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Sagittal

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Slice brain lengthways in the middle

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Midsagittal

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16
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Parallel to the ground

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Horizontal

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Frontal lobe

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Reasoning, planning and speech

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Temporal lobe

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Perception and memory

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Parietal

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Orientation and recognition

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Occipital

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Visual processing

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Limbic

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Emotion and memory

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Prefrontal cortex

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Region of the frontal lobe

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Motor cortex

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Rear of the frontal lobe

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Primary somatosensory cortex

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Along the central sulcus

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Visual cortex

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Inner surfaces of occipital lobes

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Cerebellum

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At the back.

Associated with h coordination of movement, posture and balance

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Phenotype

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Observed traits

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Genotype

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Transmitted genetically

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Alleles

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Two genes controlling the same trait

30
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Genes are located on…

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Chromosomes

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Meiosis

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Pairs of chromosomes are divided between gametes

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Mitosis

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Cellular division

33
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Meninges

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Protective membranes under the skull

34
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Soma

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In a cell.

Contains the nucleus and mitochondria

35
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Axon

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Like a wire that carries electricity

36
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Dendrites

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The main recipients of information from other neurons

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