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Unit 2 Review Sheet
Biological Basis of Psychology
1. What are neurons? Parts of a neuron? Dendrites, axons, cell body, myelin sheath,
Terminal Branches? Synaptic Gap?
2. What are neurotransmitters? What is the purpose of each of the following:
acetylcholine, dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, GABA, glutamate,
endorphine?
3. What are the different divisions of the nervous system responsible for? CNS,
PNS, Autonomic, Somatic, Sympathetic, Parasympathetic
4. What is the Endocrine System? What are the following glands responsible for?
Pituitary, Thyroid, Adrenal, Ovaries, Testes
5. What are the lobes of the brain? What is each lobe responsible for?
6. What is the somatosensory cortex and primary motor cortex?
7. Who is Phineas Gage, what happen to him, what were the effects?
8. What parts make up the hindbrain? What is the function of each part?
9. What makes up the midbrain? What is the function?
10. What makes up the forebrain? What is the function of each part?
11. What does the limbic system control? What is the Amygdala, Hypothalamus,
Hippocampus and what do they control?
12. What are the functions of the left and right hemispheres or the brain?
13. What is a split brain operation? Why would it be performed? Why is it that a split
brain person can not describe what they are holding in their left hand?
14. What is and EEG, CAT, MRI, and PET?
15. What is the difference between a neurotransmitter and hormone?
16. Know your glands!
Unit 2 Review Sheet
Biological Basis of Psychology
1. What are neurons? Parts of a neuron? Dendrites, axons, cell body, myelin sheath,
Terminal Branches? Synaptic Gap?
2. What are neurotransmitters? What is the purpose of each of the following:
acetylcholine, dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, GABA, glutamate,
endorphine?
3. What are the different divisions of the nervous system responsible for? CNS,
PNS, Autonomic, Somatic, Sympathetic, Parasympathetic
4. What is the Endocrine System? What are the following glands responsible for?
Pituitary, Thyroid, Adrenal, Ovaries, Testes
5. What are the lobes of the brain? What is each lobe responsible for?
6. What is the somatosensory cortex and primary motor cortex?
7. Who is Phineas Gage, what happen to him, what were the effects?
8. What parts make up the hindbrain? What is the function of each part?
9. What makes up the midbrain? What is the function?
10. What makes up the forebrain? What is the function of each part?
11. What does the limbic system control? What is the Amygdala, Hypothalamus,
Hippocampus and what do they control?
12. What are the functions of the left and right hemispheres or the brain?
13. What is a split brain operation? Why would it be performed? Why is it that a split
brain person can not describe what they are holding in their left hand?
14. What is and EEG, CAT, MRI, and PET?
15. What is the difference between a neurotransmitter and hormone?
16. Know your glands!