Unit 2 Biological Bases of Behavior

part of autonomic nervous, calms you down

• Parasympathetic 
• sympathetic 

regulates blood sugar, secreting insulin

• pancreas

• gall bladder

sending end of a neuron

• dendrites
• axon terminals

receiving end of a neuron

• dendrites
• synapatics

neurotransmitter that promotes (gas pedal) action potentials. Arousing or accelerating physiological

• excitatory
• inhibitory

Soma

• cell body
• vessicles

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

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

This is the gap or space between two neurons

• Dendrites
• Cell Body
• Synapse
• Axon

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

• Resting Potential
• Action Potential
• Threshold
• Refractory Period

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

• Hippocampus
• Corpus Callosum 
• Hypothalamus 
• Cerebellum