nervous system
What is the function of the nervous system?
The nervous system transmits signals between the brain and the rest of the body, including internal organs.
What moves across a synapse?
what is neurotransmitters.
what type of neuron transmits impulses within the central nervous system?
what is interneurons.
The nervous system is divided into 2 parts.. what are those parts and how they different from one?
The central nervous system is made up of the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system is made up of nerves that branch off from the spinal cord and extend to all parts of the body.
What makes up a synapse?
A synapse is made up of a presynaptic and postsynaptic terminal.
what part of a neuron acts as the ears of a neuron?
what is dendrites.
what are the different parts that the above listed nervous system divisions are made up of?
What does the synapse control?
The synapse controls the amount of neuronal activity.
the human nervous system is capable of a wide range of functions. what is the basic unit of the nervous system?
a nerve cell, or neuron. The human brain contains about 100 billion neurons
How does a synapse travel?
An action potential travels down the axon of the pre-synaptic—sending—cell and arrives at the axon terminal.
what are all the parts in a nervous system
brain, Hypothalamus, Central nervous system , Nerves, Parasympathetic nervous system , Spinal cord , Cerebellum and Medulla oblongata
Why are synapses important?
Synapses connect neurons in the brain to neurons in the rest of the body and from those neurons to the muscles.