Brain & Nerves

What is the formal term for a nerve cell that conducts electrochemical signals through the body?

• synapse

• neurotransmitter

• neuron

• vesicle

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

What transmits the signal from one nerve cell to another?

• The nerve cells touch and the electrochemical signal just continues along

• A chemical is released from the end of a nerve cell and crosses a small space to bind onto receptors on the next nerve cell

Depolarization is occuring at number

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 5

What is the term for the space that the neurotransmitter has to cross to get to the next nerve cell?

• synapse

• terminal end fiber

• dendrite

• axon

Which is the receiving end of the nerve cell, that receives signals from other neurons?

• cell body

• terminal end fiber

• dendrite

• axon

Which is the long tail-like fiber of the neuron?

• dendrite

• terminal end fiber

• cell body

• axon

Which structure connects the left hemisphere (side) of the brain to the right hemisphere?

• pons

• thalamus

• corpus callosum

• cerebellum

What number(s) on the graph represents the Resting Potential?

• 1 and 2
• 1 and 5
• 2 and 3
• 3 and 4

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

Which is the part of the brain where conscious thought and emotions are produced?

• cerebrum

• cerebellum

• brainstem

Which part of the brain controls balance and motor coordination?

• pons

• cerebellum

• hypothalamus

• medulla