
Neuron and Neurotransmission BHH
Authored by Kristina Norrgard
Science
12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron.
axon
synapse
dendrite
neurotransmitter
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A layer of fatty tissue that insulates the axon and speeds their impulse.
myelin sheath
terminal
dendrite
axon
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A neuron extension that passes messages from the cell body to other neurons or to muscles or glands.
myelin sheath
axon
neurotransmitter
dendrite
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The bushy, branching extension of a neuron that receives and integrates messages, conducting impulses toward the cell body.
dendrite
axon
myelin
synapse
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the axon of a neuron do?
protect the dendrites
carry signals away from the soma
insulate the myelin sheath
process the information it receives
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the myelin sheath do?
protect the cell body
carry signals into the dendrites
insulate the axon
process the information it receives
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Neurotransmitters can best be described as
electrical charges.
chemical messengers.
actions.
reflexes.
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