AP Unit 3/Gen. Psychology Ch. 2 Biological Bases of Behavior

This is part of autonomic nervous system and it calms you down.

• parasympathetic

• sympathetic

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

What do we call it when the inside of the neuron is negatively charged relative to the outside of neuron?

• polarization

• depolarization

• polar vortex

What do we call a chemical messenger that is released into the bloodstream slowly but is long lasting?

• neurotransmitter
• hormones
• neurobiotics

• plasticity

This regulates blood sugar, and secretes insulin.

• pancrease
• gall bladder
• thalamus

• amygdala

What do we call the sending end of a neuron?

• dendrites
• axon terminals
• soma

• myelin sheath

What do we call the receiving end of a neuron?

• dendrites
• synapatics
• myelin sheath

• soma

What do we call a neurotransmitter that promotes action potentials?

• excitatory
• inhibitory

Soma is another name for the

• cell body.

• vessicles.

• myelin sheath.

• membrane.

These carry signals from the tissues and organs to the brain and spinal cord.

• sensory neurons

• motor neurons

• efferent neurons

• glial cells

When a neuron is at rest, the ions inside the cell are mostly _______ and the ions outside the cell are mostly _______.

• positively charged; negatively charged
• negatively charged; positively charged
• small; large
  
• large; small