Psychology Module 6
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| show | A nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system.
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| show | The branching of a neuron that receive information and conduct impulses toward the cell body.
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| soma | show 🗑
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| show | The extension of a neuron through which neural impulses are sent
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| show | The endpoint of a neuron where neurotransmitters are stored.
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| show | A neural impulse; a brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of a neuron
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| refractory period | show 🗑
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| resting potential | show 🗑
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| all-or-none principle | show 🗑
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| synapse | show 🗑
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| show | A chemical messenger that travels across the synapse from one neuron to the next and influences whether a neuron will generate an action potential.
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| show | A neurotransmitter effect that makes it more likely that the receiving neuron will generate an action potential or "fire"
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| inhibitory effect | show 🗑
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| show | Specialized cells in every sensory system of the body that an turn other kinds of energy into action potentials (neural impulses) that the brain can process.
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| sensory nerves | show 🗑
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| interneurons | show 🗑
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| show | A neurotransmitter that triggers muscle contraction and affects learning and memory.
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| antagonist | show 🗑
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| show | Drug that boosts the effect of a neurotransmitter
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| show | A neurotransmitter that affects learning, attention, and emotion.
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| show | A neurotransmitter that affects hunger, sleep, arousal, and mood
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| motor nerves | show 🗑
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| central nervous system (CNS) | show 🗑
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| peripheral nervous system (PNS) | show 🗑
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| somatic nervous system | show 🗑
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| autonomic nervous system | show 🗑
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| show | The part of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body to deal with the perceived threat
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| show | The part of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body
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| show | One of the body's two communication systems, a set of glands that produce hormones, chemical messengers that circulate in the blood
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| show | A chemical messenger produced by the endocrine glands and circulated in the blood.
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| pituitary gland | show 🗑
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