WorksheetsUnit 2 Part 1 Psychology Bio. Bases || pt. 1
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 22mins
A Neuron is what?
A Nerve Cell
A Brain Cell
Another Name for the Brainstem
A Type of Vein
What is an Axon
Part of a Neuron that Receives Messages
Part of a Neuron that protects the Cell Body
Part of a Neuron that Transmits Messages
A type of Study that Tracks one Person over a long period of time
What is the Cell Body of a Neuron?
Junction Between Axon and the Other Cell's Dendrite
Part of the Neuron that Receives messages
Neurons within the Brain and Spinal Chord
Part of a Neuron that Contains the Nucleus
Myelin Sheath is what?
Part of the Neuron that protects the Cell Body
Endocrine System's most influential gland
Biochemical Units of Genetics
Random error in a gene
What is a Dendrite?
Neurotransmitter that makes you feel nice
Neuron's extensions that receive messages
Molecule that inhibits neurotransmitter output
Junction between two Neurons
What are Glial Cells?
Neurons that are in the Spine
Cells that Support and Nourish Neurons
Cells that transmit electrical signals
New Neurons
What is action potential
Body's slow chemical messaging system
The Brain and Spinal cord
Brief electrical signal that travels down a Neuron
Neurons reaction of either firing of not
What is the All or None Response?
Natural response to a stimulus
Process of the Neuron of either firing or not
Reflex-like flinching
Neurotransmitters jumping across the synapse
The level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse
(a)
What is the synapse?
I can't think of another answer sorry :(
Gap between the Axon terminal and the Dendrite
A type of neurotransmitter that makes you feel happy
Body's electrochemical response system
What is the Refractory Period?
Period in which there are no neurotransmitter being sent across the body
Period of zero brain activity
Brief resting period after a neuronal firing
Period that a neuron is firing
Examples of Neurotransmitters:
Dopamine
Depressant
Opium
Serotonin
What is reuptake?
When neurotransmitters are reabsorbed into the axon
Molecule that increases neural activity
Automatic response to a stimulus
Tissue Destruction
What are endorphins?
Neurotransmitters linked to pain and pleasure
Molecules that speed up Neural activity
Molecules that speed up Brain activity
Neurons going from the Brain to the other limbs
A Generic named person takes something that speeds up their neural activity, what have they just taken?
Alcohol
An agonist
An antagonist
Drugs
What parts of the body are part of the nervous system?
Stomach
Eyes
Fingers
Nose
What does an antagonist do?
Slow down Neurotransmitter activity
Speed up neurotransmitter activity
Control limb movement
Help you learn
What is the central nervous system?
Brain & spinal cord
Nose & Brain
Brain & limbs
Brain & Ears
What does the peripheral nervous system do?
Keep you alive
Connect your arms and legs together
Connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body
Help control impulses
What do Nerves do?
Detect pressure
Connect CNS with muscles, glands, etc.
Support your skeleton
Contract to cause you to move
Sensory (Afferent) Neurons do what?
Carry emotions
Help move your muscles
Detect pain
Carry information about sensory receptors
What are motor (efferent) Neurons?
Nerves that carry information from the brain to muscles and glands
Nerves that carry information from the muscles and glands to the brain
Nerves that help you improve your motor skills
Nerves that help you move
What are interneurons?
Neurons within the brain and spinal cord
Neurons in the arms and legs
Neurons that control thinking
Neurons that are in between bones
What is the Somatic Nervous system?
Nerves that control moving your neck
Nerves that control bones
Nerves that control skeletal muscles
Nerves that control hormone production
What is the Autonomic Nervous system?
Nerves that control glands and internal organs
Nerves that control all muscles and glands
Nerves that control the skeleton's movement
Nerves that help to calm you down
Which of the following is an example of a reflex:
Bob slaps his doctor after he tests his knee reflex
John cries after a sad movie
Joe flinches when his friend pretends to hit him
What does the sympathetic nervous system do?
Makes you feel sympathy
Makes you feel empathy
Mobilizes body energy
Create body's energy
What does the parasympathetic nervous system do?
Make you feel sympathy
Conserve body energy
Make body's energy
Release hormones
What is the Endocrine system?
Body's glands
Body's nerves
Body's hearing system
Body's visual system
What are hormones?
Same as antagonists
Something that makes you moody
Teenagers
Body's chemical messengers
Where are the Adrenal glands and what do their hormones affect?
Upper kidneys - arousing the body
Upper kidneys - calming body
Liver - Arousing body
Liver - calming body
Where is the Pituitary gland and what does it affect?
Frontal lobe - growth
Frontal lobe - emotion
Hypothalamus - growth
Hypothalamus - emotion
Why might a lesion be used?
Preventing seizures
Being mean
As a form of punishment
To further psychological research
What does an EEG scan for?
Electrical activity
Full image of the body
Full image of the brain
Signs of damage to the brain
What does a MEG scan for?
Lesions
Electric fields in the brain
Magnet fields in the brain
Abscesses
What image does a CT scan produce?
Slice of the brain using electricity
Slice of the brain using X-rays
Full body image
Colored and detailed full body image
How does a PET scan work?
Following radioactive glucose around the brain
Spinning magnets to form a complete image of the brain
Spinning X-rays to make an image of the brain
What kind of images do MRIs produce?
Images of Brain waves
3d scans
Ones showing brain function
Ones showing brain activity
What does an fMRI show?
Brain function
Brain waves
Brain size
Brain color
What does the medulla do?
Help you see
Regulate digestion
Regulate breathing and the heart
Help you hear
What is the brain stem responsible for?
Sight
Sound
Touch and smell
Basic survival functions
What is the thalamus?
Part of the brain that allows hearing and vision
Brain's sensory control center
Part of the brain the controls glands
Part of the brain that controls movement
