Major Review Topics

Unit #3A, 3B, 3C

1. Brain Structures and Functions involved when
one is PLAYING A FOOTBALL GAME.
(hint: think about areas related to senses and motor movements;
coordination, balance, breathing, seeing the ball, catching the ball, etc.)
What are they?
What divisions are found?
Where are they?
What do they do for us?
How are they different?
2. Our FAST and SLOW
Messenger Systems:
The Endocrine System is
the bodys slow
chemical communication
system. Communication
is carried out by
hormones synthesized
by a set of glands.
3. Brain Scans (Technologies):
How do they work?
What do they show us?
When would each be used?

EEG
MRI
fMRI
PET
MEG
CT
Brain Scans
4. Examples of Neurotransmitters
and how they work?
(functions, surpluses/deficits, acts
like/blocks, drugs associated, etc.)
5. Everything involved in the
process of Neural
Communication/Transmission.
Axon Terminal
Vesicles
Neurotransmitters
Synapse
Receptor Sites
Lock/Key Mechanism
Dendrites
Inhibitory
Excitatory
Threshold
Action Potential
Axon
Direction of Impulse
All or Nothing Principle
Strength of Impulse
Myelin Sheath
Speed of Impulse
Selectively permeable gates
Sodium/Potassium Ions
Depolarization
Sodium/potassium pumps
Refractory Period
Resting potential
6. Details about how
EITHER OR BOTH
Nature and Nurture
affect Human Behavior.
Heritability
Temperament
Parenting
Self-regulating
Genetic-predisposition
Natural Selection
Nature vs. Nurture
7. The Brain:
Divisions, Structures,
Functions, Locations, etc.
Brain Lobes
Frontal, Temporal, Parietal, Occipital
Other Brain Divisions
Cerebral Cortex vs. Limbic System vs. Brain
Stem vs. Left & Right Hemispheres
Brain Stem Structures
Brain Stem, Cerebellum, Thalamus (stop of
stem), Pons, Medulla, Reticular Formation,
Parts in Limbic System
Hypothalamus, Pituitary gland,
Hippocampus, Amygdala,
Different Cortices
Prefrontal cortex, visual,
auditory, motor, sensory,
gustation, olfactory
Different Brain
Structures
Basal Ganglia,
Angular Gyrus,
Association Areas,
Brocas Area,
Corpus Callosum,
Wernicke's Area,
Gray matter;
White matter;
contilateral
organization, stroke,
concussion,
dual processing
How do 6
different Nervous
Systems affect
human behavior?
Body needs Homeostasis!
Fight or flight
Rest and digest
Left visual
field
Right
hemisphere
Right visual
field
Left
hemisphere
Divided Consciousness
Split-brain patients
* Person is
focused on
dot and
QUICK
picture of
words!!

No chance
to see both!