1. The Brain and Central Nervous System Workbook
Edexcel A Level Psychology
The Brain and Central Nervous System
Workbook

2. Introduction
This booklet is designed to accompany the Google Slide presentation ‘The Brain and Central Nervous System Study Guide’.
You should use the diagrams to test yourself regularly.
Try explaining the diagrams to someone else.

3. Colour, label and annotate the two divisions of the Central Nervous System

5. Label the diagram of the neuron with:
dendrite soma (cell body) nucleus axon axon terminal

6. Label the diagram of the synapse with:
Presynaptic neuron, postsynaptic neuron, synaptic gap/cleft, vesicles, neurotransmitters, receptors

7. Colour and label the diagram of the synapse
Axon terminal []
Neurotransmitter []
Receptor []
Synaptic gap []
Transporter []
Vesicle []
Draw neurotransmitters in the synapse and use arrows to show the process of reuptake.

8. Label and annotate the diagram of the neuron with structures and functions related to the action potential

9. dopamine serotonin noradrenaline acetylcholine GABA
Describe the function of at least two neurotransmitters.
dopamine serotonin noradrenaline acetylcholine GABA

10. Draw and annotate a diagram or series of diagrams to illustrate how drugs affect neurotransmission.

12. Colour, and label these divisions of the brain:
Cerebrum [] Cerebellum [] Brain Stem []

13. Colour, label and annotate these areas of the brain:
Cerebrum [] Cerebellum [] Brain Stem [] Cerebral Cortex []

14. The forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain have been shaded and labelled.
What other labels can you add to the diagram?

15. Colour, label and annotate the Triune Brain

16. Left hemisphere [] Right hemisphere [] Corpus callosum []
Colour and label:
Left hemisphere [] Right hemisphere [] Corpus callosum []
Anterior (front)
Posterior (back)

17. Colour and label the four lobes of the brain.
Workbook p.17

18. Colour, label and annotate the lobes of the brain
Workbook p.18

20. Label and annotate the reward pathway.

21. Label the location of the limbic system

22. Label these structures in the limbic system:
amygdala [] hypothalamus [] thalamus [] hippocampus []

23. Label and annotate four structures of the limbic system.

24. hypothalamus pituitary gland adrenal gland ovaries testes
Label and annotate the following structures in the endocrine system:
hypothalamus
pituitary gland
adrenal gland
ovaries
testes

25. Review: How many structures can you identify?

26. Review: How many structures can you identify?

27. Review: How many structures can you identify?

28. Review: How many structures can you identify?