AP Psychology Biological Bases

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part of autonomic nervous, calms you down

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Parasympathetic

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What is it called when the inside of the neuron is negatively charged relative to the outside of the membrane? Options: polarization, depolarization

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polarization

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chemical messager, released into the bloodstream, slow but long lasting

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hormones

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electric charge on the inside and the outside of the cell membrane and is when the cell becomes positively charged

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depolarization

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regulates blood sugar, secreting insulin

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pancrease

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electrical charged particles found both inside and outside neuron

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ion

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sending end of a neuron

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axon terminals

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receiving end of a neuron

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dendrites

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

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excitatory

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Soma

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cell body