Biological approach

Name three kinds of neurons

Why is the axon covered by a myelin sheath?

What is a synapse?

How does an electric pulse travel over a synapse?

What is an action potential?

Name three neurotransmitters

What is serotonin responsible for?

What is dopamine responsible for?

What is the nervous system divided into?

What is the Central Nervous made up of and what does it do?

What does the Peripheral Nervous System do?

What is the peripheral nervous system divided into?

What does the somatic nervous system do?

What does the autonomic nervous system do?

What is the autonomic nervous system divided into?

What is the localisation of function?

What are the two hemispheres of the brain joined by?

What is the right hemisphere responsible for? (for right handed people)

What is the left hemisphere responsible for? (for right handed people)

How do you call the way that the two hemispheres have different functions?

Where in the brain is movement located?

Where in the brain is sensory processing (touch) located?

Where in the brain is vision located?

Where in the brain is auditory (sound) located?