2024 Psy Ch 3 Section 1 The Nervous System Vocabulary

consists of the brain and spinal cord

• autonomic nervous system (ANS)
• Central Nervous System (CNS)
• Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
• Somatic Nervous System (SNS)

the sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system (CNS) to the rest of the body.

• Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
• Central Nervous System (CNS)
• Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
• autonomic nervous system (ANS)

Individual cells in the nervous system that receive, integrate, and transmit information.

• Axon
• Myelin
• Dendrites
• Neurons

the part of a neuron that coordinates information-processing tasks and keeps the cell alive

• cell body (soma)
• Neurons
• spinal cord
• axon terminal

Branchlike parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive information.

• Myelin
• Neurons
• Dendrites
• Synapse

A threadlike extension of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body.

• Axon
• Synapse
• Neurons
• Myelin

a fatty substance that helps insulate neurons and speeds the transmission of nerve impulses

• Axon
• Myelin
• Synapse
• Neurons

The endpoint of a neuron where neurotransmitters are stored

• Neurons
• axon terminal
• Axon
• Myelin

the junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron

• Synapse
• Neurons
• Myelin
• Axon

chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons

• Neurons
• Neurotransmitters
• axon terminal
• Dendrites