Biological Bases of Behavior

This is the gap or space between two neurons

• Dendrites
• Cell Body
• Synapse
• Axon

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

• Sensory Neurons
• Motor Neurons
• Efferent Neurons
• Glial Cells

This is the electrical charge that travels down an axon when a neuron is firing

• Resting Potential
• Action Potential
• Threshold
• Refractory Period

What does the cerebellum help maintain?

• body temperature
• emotions
• motor output
• balance

The small ___ is involved with puberty and how fast we grow.

• Amygdala 
• Pituitary Gland
• Reticular formation 
• Sensory Strip

The ___ helps decide what memories transfer from the short to long term memory.

• Hippocampus
• Corpus Callosum 
• Hypothalamus 
• Cerebellum 

Although located far from the eyes the ______ helps with vision. 

• Frontal Lobe
• Occipital Lobe
• Parietal Lobe
• Reticular Formation 

Name the two major parts of the central nervous system.

• The brain and the skull. 
• The brain and the body.
• The spinal cord and the brain.
• The spinal cord and the body. 

The ____ nervous system controls unconscious activities.

• somatic
• sympathetic
• parasympathetic
• autonomic

Part of the peripheral that controls conscious activities

• autonomic
• somatic
• sympathetic
• parasympathetic