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Which part of the neuron carries signals away from the neuron to points where communication occurs with other neurons?
Which part of the neuron carries signals away from the neuron to points where communication occurs with other neurons?
- Axons (correct)
- Cell body
- Synapses
- Dendrites
What are the fibres that receive signals from the axons of other neurons and carry those signals to the cell body called?
What are the fibres that receive signals from the axons of other neurons and carry those signals to the cell body called?
- Synapses
- Dendrites (correct)
- Cell body
- Axons
What are the tiny spaces between neurons called?
What are the tiny spaces between neurons called?
- Cell body
- Dendrites
- Synapses (correct)
- Axons
What is the semipermeable barrier of the neuron's membrane responsible for?
What is the semipermeable barrier of the neuron's membrane responsible for?
What happens when the axon membrane becomes depolarized?
What happens when the axon membrane becomes depolarized?
What are the sudden wave of electrochemical changes called when they shoot down an axon?
What are the sudden wave of electrochemical changes called when they shoot down an axon?
Do action potentials occur in dendrites?
Do action potentials occur in dendrites?
How many axons do neurons generally have?
How many axons do neurons generally have?
How many dendrites can a neuron have?
How many dendrites can a neuron have?
Is the firing of a neuron an all-or-none type of signal?
Is the firing of a neuron an all-or-none type of signal?
Which part of the body is responsible for initiating reflexes without instruction from the brain?
Which part of the body is responsible for initiating reflexes without instruction from the brain?
What is the function of sensory neurons in the spinal cord?
What is the function of sensory neurons in the spinal cord?
Which neurotransmitter is involved in muscle action and memory?
Which neurotransmitter is involved in muscle action and memory?
Which neurotransmitter is involved in decreased anxiety and decreased tension?
Which neurotransmitter is involved in decreased anxiety and decreased tension?
Which neurotransmitter is involved in increased pleasure and suppressed appetite?
Which neurotransmitter is involved in increased pleasure and suppressed appetite?
Which neurotransmitter is involved in increased learning and enhanced memory?
Which neurotransmitter is involved in increased learning and enhanced memory?
Which neurotransmitter is involved in increased arousal and enhanced cognition?
Which neurotransmitter is involved in increased arousal and enhanced cognition?
Which neurotransmitter is involved in modulated mood and suppressed appetite?
Which neurotransmitter is involved in modulated mood and suppressed appetite?
Which part of the body is responsible for conveying information about an action's results back to the source of the action?
Which part of the body is responsible for conveying information about an action's results back to the source of the action?
Which type of neurons carry information away from the brain?
Which type of neurons carry information away from the brain?
Which division of the nervous system carries messages back and forth between the CNS and the body's organs and glands?
Which division of the nervous system carries messages back and forth between the CNS and the body's organs and glands?
What change in the membrane potential of a postsynaptic cell will cause an excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP)?
What change in the membrane potential of a postsynaptic cell will cause an excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP)?
Which part of the neuron delivers signals across the synapse to dendrites of another neuron?
Which part of the neuron delivers signals across the synapse to dendrites of another neuron?
What is the function of neurotransmitters?
What is the function of neurotransmitters?
What is the role of myelin in the speed of action potentials?
What is the role of myelin in the speed of action potentials?
What is the refractory period of a neuron?
What is the refractory period of a neuron?
What is the function of the somatic nervous system?
What is the function of the somatic nervous system?
What is the function of the sympathetic nervous system?
What is the function of the sympathetic nervous system?
What is the function of the parasympathetic nervous system?
What is the function of the parasympathetic nervous system?
What is the function of dendrites in a neuron?
What is the function of dendrites in a neuron?
