Neuro Basics
What are the basic elements of the nervous system?
Neurons
What is the rule that neurons are either on or off?
All-or-none law
What is the space between two neurons where chemical messages are passed?
Synapse
What part of the nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord?
Central nervous system (CNS)
What movie features the line, “May the Force be with you”?
Star Wars
What is the cluster of fibers that receives messages from other neurons?
Dendrite
What is the state in which a neuron has a negative electrical charge of about −70 millivolts?
Resting state
What are the chemicals that carry messages across the synapse?
Neurotransmitters
What is the bundle of neurons that runs down the back and transmits messages between brain and body?
Spinal cord
What TV show is set in Hawkins, Indiana and features the Upside Down?
Stranger Things
What is the part of the neuron that carries messages to other neurons?
Axon
What is the electric nerve impulse that travels through a neuron’s axon when triggered?
Action potential
What is the chemicals that circulate through the blood and regulate the functioning or growth of the body
Hormones
What are neurons called that transmit information from the body to the brain and nervous system?
Sensory (afferent) neurons
What annual music and arts festival takes place in Indio, California and is famous for big headline acts?
Coachella
What are the small bulges at the end of axons that send messages to other neurons?
Terminal buttons
What is the chemical message that makes a receiving neuron more likely to fire?
Excitatory message
What are neurons called that fire when you do an action and when you watch someone else do it?
Mirror neurons
What are neurons called that transmit information from the brain to muscles and glands?
Motor (efferent) neurons
What artist is known for the albums 1989 and Midnights?
Taylor Swift
What is the protective coat of fat and protein that wraps around the axon?
Myelin sheath
What is the chemical message that prevents or decreases the likelihood that a neuron will fire?
Inhibitory message
What is the process called when neurotransmitters are taken back into the sending neuron’s terminal button?
Reuptake
What is the part of the nervous system that branches out from the brain and spinal cord to the extremities?
Peripheral nervous system
What movie about a “multiverse” won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2023?
Everything Everywhere All at Once