AQA PSYCHOLOGY- BIOPSYCHOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++

AQA PSYCHOLOGY- BIOPSYCHOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS

AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED

GRADED A++


Spinal Cord


connect the brain and peripheral nervous system


Somatic Nervous System


controls voluntary muscles and transmits sensory information to the CNS


Autonomic Nervous System


controls involuntary body functions


Sympathetic Nervous System


arouses body for flight or fight


Parasympathetic Nervous System


calms body for rest and digest


Sensory Neuron


tells the brain about internal and external environment which is taken in by the senses


Relay Neuron

, connects the sensory and motor neuron but is skipped in a reflex


Motor Neuron


carries signals from the CNS which helps organs and muscles function


Synaptic Transmission


process by which nerve impulses pass across the synaptic cleft from the presynaptic to the post synaptic

neuron


Axon


conducts electrical impulses away from the nerve to the cell body


Synaptic Vesicles


store neurotransmitters to be to be released


Synaptic Cleft


when electrical signal reaches the presynaptic ending it allows the chemical message to diffuse across


Dendrites


receive electrical messages


Receptor


bind signalling molecules


Excitatory Synapse


likely for the post synaptic neuron to fire, caused by adrenaline


Inhibitory Synapse