Psychobiology

Question 1

CNS

Answer 1

Brain and Spinal cord

Question 2

Somatic PNS

Answer 2

Sensory and motor processes

eg. Touch

Question 3

Autonomic PNS

Answer 3

Monitors automatic processes

eg. Heart rate

Question 4

Nerves

Answer 4

Are collections of individual nerve processes

Question 5

Neurons

Answer 5

A specialised type of cell

Transmits info to, from and within the CNS

Question 6

Neuraxis

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Distal

Answer 7

Away

Question 8

Proximal

Answer 8

Near the head

Question 9

Ventral

Answer 9

Front

Question 10

Dorsal

Answer 10

Back

Question 11

Lateral

Answer 11

Outwards

Question 12

Medial

Answer 12

Inwards

Question 13

Sliced brain across

Answer 13

Frontal and cornal

Question 14

Slice brain lengthways

Answer 14

Sagittal

Question 15

Slice brain lengthways in the middle

Answer 15

Midsagittal

Question 16

Parallel to the ground

Answer 16

Horizontal

Question 17

Frontal lobe

Answer 17

Reasoning, planning and speech

Question 18

Temporal lobe

Answer 18

Perception and memory

Question 19

Parietal

Answer 19

Orientation and recognition

Question 20

Occipital

Answer 20

Visual processing

Question 21

Limbic

Answer 21

Emotion and memory

Question 22

Prefrontal cortex

Answer 22

Region of the frontal lobe

Question 23

Motor cortex

Answer 23

Rear of the frontal lobe

Question 24

Primary somatosensory cortex

Answer 24

Along the central sulcus

Question 25

Visual cortex

Answer 25

Inner surfaces of occipital lobes

Question 26

Cerebellum

Answer 26

At the back. | Associated with h coordination of movement, posture and balance

Question 27

Phenotype

Answer 27

Observed traits

Question 28

Genotype

Answer 28

Transmitted genetically

Question 29

Alleles

Answer 29

Two genes controlling the same trait

Question 30

Genes are located on...

Answer 30

Chromosomes

Question 31

Meiosis

Answer 31

Pairs of chromosomes are divided between gametes

Question 32

Mitosis

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Cellular division

Question 33

Meninges

Answer 33

Protective membranes under the skull

Question 34

Soma

Answer 34

In a cell. | Contains the nucleus and mitochondria

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Axon

Answer 35

Like a wire that carries electricity

Question 36

Dendrites

Answer 36

The main recipients of information from other neurons