bio psychology Flashcards

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biopsychology question 1 and 2

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sensory neuron
ECG

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describe the divisions of the nervous system

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  • broken down into:
    1. central nervous system:
    brain = conscious
  • spinal cord = receives and transmits info to and from the brain, performs basic motor reflexes
  1. peripheral nervous system:
    - collects sense impressions and delivers instructions to the body from the CNS
    - divided into 2:
    somatic: skeletal muscles, voluntary

autonomic: control actions of internal organs, involuntary
SYMPATHETIC: increases bodily functions, fight or flight
PARASYMPATHETIC: decreases bodily activities

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AO1 localisation of function

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localisation = idea that certain functions have certain locations within the brain

  • motor =
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AO3 localisation of function

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