Biopsychology (Psychology)

Recall cards on the biological bases of behavior. Human genetics: genotype and phenotype, chromosomes and DNA, genes and alleles, dominant and recessive traits, homozygous and heterozygous, polygenic traits, mutations, PKU, range of reaction, epigenetics, natural selection, and twin studies. Cells of the nervous system: neurons and glial cells, soma, dendrites, axon, myelin sheath, nodes of Ranvier, the synapse, neurotransmitters and receptors, membrane and resting potential, the action potential and the all-or-none phenomenon, the sodium-potassium pump, reuptake, agonists and antagonists, and the major neurotransmitters. Parts of the nervous system: the central, somatic, autonomic, sympathetic, and parasympathetic divisions, afferent and efferent fibers, and homeostasis. The brain and spinal cord: the cerebral cortex, hemispheres and lateralization, the four lobes, motor and somatosensory cortex, Broca's and Wernicke's areas, the limbic system, subcortical structures, split-brain and neuroplasticity, and brain-imaging methods. And the endocrine system: glands and hormones, the pituitary master gland, thyroid, adrenal glands, pancreas, and gonads.