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Biology - Anatomy

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What is the term for a nerve cell in the nervous system?

Which part of the neuron contains the nucleus?

What are the branchlike parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive information?

What is the threadlike extension of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body?

What covers the axon of some neurons and helps speed neural impulses?

What are the support cells found in the nervous system called?

What is a neural impulse, a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon, called?

What is the period of inactivity after a neuron has fired called?

What is the level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse?

What is a neuron's reaction of either firing or not firing called?

What is the junction where information is transmitted from one neuron to the next?

What are the chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons?

What is the process of a neurotransmitter's reabsorption by the sending neuron called?

What is the network of nerve cells and fibers that transmits nerve impulses between parts of the body?

What comprises the brain and spinal cord?

What connects the CNS to the rest of the body through sensory and motor neurons?

What type of neurons carry incoming information from the sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord?

What type of neurons carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands?

What are the neurons within the brain and spinal cord that communicate internally and intervene between the sensory inputs and motor outputs?

What division of the PNS controls the body's skeletal muscles?

What part of the peripheral nervous system controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs?

What is the system responsible for the 'fight or flight' response?

What system is responsible for 'rest and digest' functions?

What system involves glands that secrete hormones regulating processes like growth and metabolism?

What are the chemical messengers manufactured by the endocrine glands?

What are the endocrine glands that sit above the kidneys and secrete hormones like epinephrine?

What is the most influential gland in the endocrine system, regulating growth and controlling other glands?

What is an amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brain's surface?

What brain imaging technique measures magnetic fields from the brain's natural electrical activity?

What is a series of x-ray photographs taken from different angles to create a composite representation of a body slice?

What is a visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes during a task?

What technique uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce images distinguishing different types of soft tissue?

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