Biological rhythms general A01 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyBiopsychologyA2/A-levelAll boards Created by: KatieCreated on: 13-02-20 11:57 what are biological rhythms the regular and repetitive variations in the biological activity of living organisms 1 of 18 3 examples of biological rhythms sleep, body temperature, alertness 2 of 18 what are the three types of biological rhythm circadian, infradian, ultradian 3 of 18 how long does a circadian rhythm take to complete its cycle one full day 4 of 18 how long does an infradian rhythm take to complete over a day 5 of 18 how long does an ultradian rhythm take to complete it's cycle less than i day - starts and completes throughout the day 6 of 18 most important circadian rhythm to remember sleep - wake cycle 7 of 18 key infradian rhythm menstrual cycle 8 of 18 key ultradian rhythm state of sleep 9 of 18 what is the state of sleep different to the sleep wake cycle 10 of 18 how are biological rhythms controlled through internal and external control mechanisms 11 of 18 what is the internal control mechanism endogenous pacemaker 12 of 18 what is the role of the EP "biological clock" - internal time giver. it gives pace to our biological rhythm 13 of 18 what is significant about our EP each biological rhythm has a different EP 14 of 18 what is our external control mechanism exogenous zeitgeber 15 of 18 what is our exogenous zeitgeber external stimuli that helps our body know what time of day it is 16 of 18 what does this allow our biological rhythms to be finely tuned to the outside world 17 of 18 what is jetlag an example of desynchronisation 18 of 18
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