Neurons
Nervous & Endocrine System
Neural Communication
Hormones/Glands
The Brain
100

Nerve cells are known as (blank)

What is neurons


100

what does CNS stand for

central nervous system

100

What is the all-or-none principles?

neurons either fire or don't

100

This hormone is released in situations where we may be in fear or danger

Adrenaline 

100

what does the medulla control?

blood pressure, heart rate, breathing

200

The following type of neuron carries signal outward from the central nervous system, is called (blank)

What is motor neurons

200

What is the role of the endocrine gland?

produces hormone 

200

What is action potential?

Neural impulses that travel down the axon

200

The following gland produces estrogen, call (blank)

The ovaries

200

What is the role of the amygdala?

helps us feel emotion and fear

300

What are the roles of serotonin?

What is affect mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal

300

This subdivision of the Autonomic nervous system arouses our body and expends energy, is call (blank)

What is sympathetic nervous system

300

A change in the cell membrane, where the charge briefly becomes positive, is known as (blank)

Depolarization

300

What is the role of Leptin?

controls your appetite and body weight

300

The brain ability to change throughout our lifespan and conserve for lost function is call (blank)

Brain plasticity

400

Neurotransmitter that excite the next cell to fire is known as (blank)

What is excitatory Neurotransmitter 

400

The other subdivision of the Autonomic nervous system that helps you calm down and conserve energy, is called (blank)

What is parasympathetic nervous system

400

A cell can only be fire from the (blank) down to the (blank)

From the dendrite to the terminal button

400

The hormone (blank) helps you with bonding and positivity 

Oxytocin 

400

what does an electroencephalogram (EEG) do

detects brain waves during different stages of consciousness 

500

A covering around the axon that help speed up transmission is call (blank)

What is myelin sheath 


500
How do hormones travel throughout our body?

By utilizing bloodstreams

500

A chronic disease that disrupts the communication between nerve and muscle is call (blank)

Myasthenia gravis

500

This gland is controlled by the hypothalamus, call (blank)

The pituitary gland 
500

This is known as the "Little Brain." 

The cerebellum 

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