Sensory receptors are neurons that react to a specific stimulus such as light or sound by sending impulses to other neurons, and eventually to the central nervous system.…
a) The structures and the afferent division of the peripheral nervous system that are involved in…
Sensory and motor neurons carry signals to and from the spinal cord and brain, while the interneurons in the spinal cord and brain process received signals and send out new signals for the appropriate bodily response.…
Interneurons: because motor and sensory neurons do not interact, the interneurons are the neurons that relay messages between motor, sensory and other interneurons.…
A. Neurones are specialised cells transmitting nerve impulses. There are two types of neurones; Sensory cells, which send impulses from the receptor to the central processing centre and the motor neurones, transmit impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the effector cell that will respond to the stimulus.…
Dendrites: receives incoming messages Axon: carries messages away Terminal Buttons: vesicles that contain neurotransmitters, end of the axon Neurotransmitters: Serotonin, AcH Myelin Sheath: protects the axon Soma: Cell body, Nucleus Synapse: space between neurons Action Potential: All or nothing…
Which parts of the somatic nervous system are responsible for coordinating and providing feedback on muscle contractions?…
Basically, biological psychology is the study of behavior in regards to the intricacies involved in the relationship between physiological and psychological processes of human and animals. Often biological psychological is being regarded as neurobiology or behavioral neuroscience. In other words, it could be said to be the interwoven network relationship between the body and the mind. The main concept of biological psychology centers on the function of the brain and the nervous system; which comprises the processes of learning, feeling, sensing, perceiving and thinking. It could be said to be the process of perceiving or receiving external stimuli by the nervous system.…
Biopsychology is the study of the biology of behavior. To make this more simply understood it is the psychology between the body and the brain. A good example of this is how the nervous system affects the way our body controls or reacts to certain things.…
The historical development of biopsychology is traced as far back as the ancient Greek era. It became the Roman church who dictated much of the human behavior according to their religious beliefs. After the Dark Ages subsided a new way of thinking was born and this period is called the Renaissance era. With this era came new ways of studying things, ways to see things by observing them and this was how modern science was founded.…
B) sensory neurons that convey information from somatic receptors in the head, body wall, and…
Neurons are information- processing units in the central nervous system that receive and transmit information. It is made up of an axon, dendrites and a cell body. The nucleus and cytoplasm are contained in the cell body. The axon starts from the cell body, dividing into smaller branches and then ends at the nerve terminals. The dendrites also branch from the cell body, receiving information from the other neurons. Axons from other neurons forms synapses at their ends, which cover the cell body and dendrites.(Myers, 2013)Neurons send messages by passing impulses through their axons. The axons have different lengths. They range between a fraction of an inch and three feet or more. A layered myelin sheath, which covers the axon, enables information to be transmitted fast through the axon. The sheath consists of specialized cells in the brain, known as oligondrocytes and others in the peripheral nervous system called Schwann cells. Nerve impulses occur through the closing and opening of ion channels.…
The 12 pairs of cranial nerves (Olfactory, Optic, Oculomotor, Trochlear, Trigeminal, Abducent, Facial, Vestibulocochlear, Glossopharyngeal, Vagus, Spinal Accessory, and Hypoglossal) can carry one or more of the five functional components of the motor (efferent) or sensory (afferent) fibers. The motor (efferent) fibers can innervate voluntary (stratified) muscle or it can be involved in innervating glands and…
Biological psychology, often referred to as biopsychology, is the branch of psychology which studies the relationship between the human brain and human behavior(s), (Wickens, A. P. 2005); it is the field of psychology which studies the physical basis of psychological phenomena. In the formal study of biological psychology, there was said to be a strict and codependent relationship between genetics and the outcome of a person’s personality, (Richardson, R. D. 2006). Pioneers such as Charles Darwin, William James, and William Sheldon have been credited with defining biopsychology as a formal study.…
• Biological Psychology, also known as biopsychology, studies how biological processes influence the mind and behavior.…