Appendix
Parts of a Neuron
Neural Communication
Peripheral Nervous System
Central Nervous System
100
It is the plural form of "Appendix"
What are "Appendices"?
100
The gap between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrite of another neuron.
What is the synapse?
100
A time shortly after a neuron fires when firing again is nearly impossible.
What is a refractory period?
100
Controls voluntary bodily systems.
What is the somatic nervous system?
100
Regulates orientation and movement.
What is the primary function of the midbrain?
200
Data arranged vertically.
What is a column?
200
The part of the neuron that contains the nucleus.
What is the soma (cell body)?
200
-70 mv
What is a neuron's resting potential?
200
The connection of the central nervous system to the rest of the body
What is the peripheral nervous system?
200
The auditory lobe.
What is the temporal lobe?
300
The axis on which the dependent variable is represented.
What is the y-axis?
300
Meaning branch, it is the part of the neuron that receives communication from other neurons.
What is a dendrite?
300
The membrane potential (about -55 mv) that initiates an action potential.
What is a neuron's threshold?
300
Regulates the 4 F's in the peripheral nervous system.
What does the autonomic nervous system do?
300
The life support system of the central nervous system.
What is the hindbrain?
400
A pictorial representations of data vs. an arrangement of data in rows and columns
What is a figure versus a table?
400
The rubber coating on an electrical wire.
What is analogy for a myelin sheath?
400

GABA, Norepinephrine, and Acetylcholine

What are some neurotransmitters?
400
The system that is functioning during times of peace and rest.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
400
When Alice closes her left eye, the target she is aiming at is being processed in her left occipital lobe.
What is an example of contralateral control?
500
As vertical is to horizontal.
The x-axis is to the y-axis as what is to what?
500
The name of the neuron that sends the signal vs. the name of the neuron that receives the signal.
What is a pre-synaptic compared to a post-synaptic neuron?
500
Between; within

Chemical is to ______ as electrical is _______.

500
Screaming.
What is a function of the sympathetic nervous system?
500
The area of the brain is activated when you wink with your right eye.
What is the left motor cortex?
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