Psychology
Nervous system
Central Nervous System (CNS) (Brain, spinal cord)
Peripheral Nervous System (Neurons)
Autonomic Nervous System
Neurons
Sensory Neurons (Afferent) (receives sensory information from sense organs, e.g. skin)
Motor Neurons (Efferent) (sends movements to the muscles to to)
Physical Structure
Spinal Cord
Brain
Neurons
Inter neurons (transmitters)
Neural Structure
Brain
Axon
Dendrites
Mylen Sheath (insulating layer and allows impulses to transmit quickly)
Axon Terminals
Terminal Buttons
Receptor Sites
Forebrain (Front of brain, in charge of high order thinking)
Midbrain
Hindbrain (Unconscious and fundamental to survival)
Somatic Nervous System
Sympathetic NS (Flight, fight, freeze)
Parasympathetic NS (Calming down from (FFF))
Spinal reflex (reflex arc, where the neural impulse goes to the spine and back rather than to the brain)
Neural impulse
Synapse
Synaptic Gap
Pre-synaptic neuron
Post-Synaptic neuron
Neurotransmitters
Hypothalamus (regulates appetite thirst, sex drive, sleep-wake cycle)
Thalamus (redirects all sensory information (except smell))
Cerebrum (two largest hemispheres that move information around the brain)
Reticular information (filters information and activates alertness)
Cerebellum (helps co-ordinate voluntary movements and balance)
Medulla (regulates internal bodily systems, heart rate, breathing)
Pons (sleep-wake cycle, arousal, alertness, breathing, some muscle movements, relays information)
Right hemisphere (creative ability, visual awareness, body language, recognition)
Left hemisphere (reading, writing, speaking, patterns, logical reasoning)