Bellevue West Psychology Mod 7
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| show | A nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system.
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| show | The bushy, branching extension of a neuron that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body (soma).
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| axon | show 🗑
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| axon terminal | show 🗑
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| action potential | show 🗑
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| show | The "recharging phase" when a neuron, after firing, cannot generate another action potential.
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| show | The state of a neuron when it is at rest and capable of generating an action potential.
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| synapse | show 🗑
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| neurotransmitter | show 🗑
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| show | A neurotansmitter effect that makes it more likely that the receiving neuron will generate an action potential (impulse).
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| show | A neurotransmitter effect that makes it less likely that a receiving neuron will generate an action potential (impulse).
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| receptor cells | show 🗑
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| show | Nerves that carry information from the sense receptors to the central nervous system.
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| interneurons | show 🗑
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| show | Nerves that carry information to the muscles and glands from the central nervous system.
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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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| agonist | show 🗑
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| show | A neurotransmitter that affects learning, attention, and emotion; excess dopamine activity is associated with schizophrenia.
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| show | A neurotransmitter that affects hunger, sleep, arousal, and mood; serotonin appears in lower than normal levels in depressed persons.
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| central nervous system | show 🗑
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| peripheral nervous system | show 🗑
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| somatic nervous system | show 🗑
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| autonomic nervous system | show 🗑
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| endocrine system | show 🗑
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| show | The endocrine system's highly influential "master gland" that, in conjunction with the brain, controls the other endocrine glands.
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| show | Endocrine gland that helps regulate energy level in the body
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| show | the part of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body.
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