Biology of Behavior

What are the tiny communicative cells in the Central Nervous System that transmit messages?

• Neurons

• Dendrites

• Axons

• Neurotransmitters

What part of the neuron receives messages from another neuron?

• Neurons

• Dendrites

• Axons

• Neurotransmitters

What part of the neuron sends messages from another neuron?

• Neurons

• Dendrites

• Axons

• Neurotransmitters

The junction where two neurons communicate and send messages is called...

• Cell Body

• Synapse

• Axon Terminals

• Neurotransmitters

What is transmitted between two communicating neurons?

• Spaghetti

• Dendrites

• Axon Terminals

• Neurotransmitters

The human brain and spinal cord are the....

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Central Nervous System

• Autonomic Nervous System

• Sympathetic Nervous System

What part of the central nervous system is responsible to transmit messages between brain and rest of the body (muscles, organs, glands)?

• Ravioli

• Thalamus

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Spinal Cord

How does the central nervous system communicate messages?

• The Post Office

• IMPULSE to SPINAL CORD to EVERYTHING ELSE

• BRAIN to IMPULSE to SPINAL CORD to NEURONS to MUSCLES/ORGANS/GLANDS

• NEURONS to BRAIN to MUSCLES/ORGANS/GLANDS

What transfers messages from the central nervous system to other parts of the body?

• Autonomic Nervous System

• Central Nervous System

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Sympathetic Nervous System

What part of the nervous system is responsible for sending sensory messages from sensory organs?

• Autonomic Nervous System

• Central Nervous System

• Somatic Nervous System

• Sympathetic Nervous System