AP Psychology- Unit 2 (Biological Bases)

part of autonomic nervous, calms you down

• Parasympathetic 
• sympathetic 

receiving end of a neuron

• dendrites
• synapatics

sending end of a neuron

• dendrites
• axon terminals

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

When a neuron is at rest, the ions inside the cell are mostly _______ and the ions outside the cell are mostly _______.

• positively charged; negatively charged
• negatively charged; positively charged
• small; large
  
• large; small

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

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