Neuroscience

neuron correct answers The information-processing cell of the nervous system; also called nerve cell. Franz Nissl, histology correct answers Who discovered Nissl stains and what was his specialty? glial cell correct answers A support cell in the nervous system. histology correct answers The...

Action potential correct answers Nerve impulses specially made in the axonal membrane Excitable membrane correct answers Nerve and muscle cells that can process and use action potential. Resting membrane potential correct answers The difference in the electrical charges across the membrane. ...

Nernst equation correct answers the equation is in the picture Cerebrum correct answers Area of the brain (upper half above the cerebellum) responsible for all voluntary activities of the body (senses) Cerebellum correct answers A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skill...

What does somatic sensation enable the body to do? correct answers feel, ache, sense temperature, pain, body position, pressure, etc. Describe somatic sensory system's receptors correct answers broadly distributed What are the three kinds of receptors for touch, pain, and temperature? correct...

smooth muscle correct answers part of autonomic nervous system; lines stomach, arteries striated muscle correct answers cardiac and skeletal muscle cardiac muscle correct answers heart muscle; contracts without innervation skeletal muscle correct answers most of muscle mass in body; (moves ...