HAP5.2 Neuron Structure & Function

The property of neurons that allows them to conduct electrical impulses

• excitability

• amitotic

• longevity

• high metabolic rate

The property of neurons that causes them to function over one's lifetime

• excitability

• amitotic

• longevity

• high metabolic rate

Neurons do not copy themselves because they are

• excitability

• amitotic

• longevity

• high metabolic rate

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Which property of neurons causes them to require a constant input of glucose?

• excitability

• amitotic

• longevity

• high metabolic rate

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-7

What part of the neuron houses the nucleus?

• Cell Body
• Dendrites
• Axon Terminal
• Synapse

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What part of the neuron receives input from the previous neuron?

• Terminal Fibers

• Dendrites

• Cell Body

• Myelin

What part of the neuron can be described as a tail-like structure that carries the impulse away from the cell body?

• Axon

• Cell Body

• Dendrites

• Synapse

A signalling molecule that transmits nerve impulses across synapses

• myelin

• neurotransmitter

• ion

• action potential

A junction at which a neuron meets another cell

• axon

• dendrites

• myelin sheath

• synapse

The location within a neuron that stores and eventually releases neurotransmitters into the synapse

• Dendrites

• Axon

• Axon Terminals

• Nodes of Ranvier