Psychology - Neurons

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

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

This is the gap or space between two neurons

• Dendrites
• Cell Body
• Synapse
• Axon

what is also known as a nerve cell?

• neuron
• sensory nerves
• dendrites
• toes

• Nucleus

• Cell Body

• Axon

• Node of Ranvier

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

• Nucleus

• Cell Body

• Axon

• Node of Ranvier

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

• Nucleus

• Cell Body

• Axon

• Node of Ranvier

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What do Dendrites do?

• Intakes information from other neurons

• Produces fatty tissue for the Myelin Sheath

• Sends information to the next cell

• Controls the speed of electrical signal through the axon