AP Psychology- Neurons and Nervous System

The part of the neuron that receives messages from other neurons

• axon
• dendrite
• cell body
• Schwann cell

The part of the neuron that sends messages to other neurons

• axon
• dendrite
• cell body
• Schwann cell

Label the Neuron-What does the letter "A" represent?

• Axon
• Dendrite
• Axon Terminal
• Cell Body

Label the Neuron-What does the letter "D" represent?

• Dendrite
• Axon
• Myelin Sheath
• Node of Ranvier

What is the insulating membrane that surrounds parts of the axon that helps the impulses travel faster called?

• Axon
• Dendrites
• Node of Ranvier
• Myelin Sheath

What is the chemical used by a neuron to transmit an impulse across a synapse to another nerve cell?

• Neurotransmitters
• Synapse
• Threshold
• Impulse

What is being identified with the tiny arrows?

• calcium channels
• neurotransmitters
• receptors
• vesicles

Frank has an elevated heart rate, respiration rate and increased blood flow to his arm and leg muscles. Which branch(s) of the nervous system most likely has the most neurons firing action potentials?

• Parasympathetic nervous system

• Sympathetic nervous systen

• Somatic nervous system

• Sympathetic and somatic nervous systems

• Parasympathetic and somatic nervous systems

This is the gap or space between two neurons

• Dendrites
• Cell Body
• Synapse
• Axon

This is composed of Sensory and Motor Neurons everywhere in the body EXCEPT brain and spinal cord

• Peripheral Nervous System
• Central Nervous System