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peripheral; central correct answers the two major divisions of the vertebrate nervous system are ______ and ______ nervous systems anterior; posterior correct answers structures towards the front of an organism are referred to as ______ and to the back are called ______ axon; dendrite corr...

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peripheral; central correct answers the two major divisions of the vertebrate nervous
system are ______ and ______ nervous systems

anterior; posterior correct answers structures towards the front of an organism are
referred to as ______ and to the back are called ______

axon; dendrite correct answers most synapses consist of the connection between an
______ and a _______

efferent correct answers neurons that bring messages from the CNS to the muscles are
______

afferent correct answers neurons that bring messages from sensory receptors to the
CNS are ______

differentiation correct answers the production of different cell types during development

synapse correct answers the point of functional contact between neurons

growth cone correct answers the swollen end of the developing neuron from which an
axon emerges

retrograde degeneration correct answers the breakdown of an axon from the site of an
injury to the cell body

embryonic stem cells correct answers cells that have the ability to develop into any type
of cell

radial glial cells correct answers neuron migration occurs along these specialized cells

neuroplasticity correct answers the ability of cognitive areas to adapt to change by
forming new neural pathways

target cells correct answers cells that release neurotrophins to attract (or repel) the
filopodia of a developing neuron

chromatolysis correct answers neurons reaction to axonal damage

hyperpolarize correct answers an inhibitory stimulus causes the cell membrane to ____

, axon hillock correct answers the point where the axon leaves the cell body of the
neuron

presynaptic inhibition correct answers this decreases the amount of neurotransmitter
released

diffusion correct answers the mechanism neurotransmitters use to cross the synaptic
cleft

metabotrophic correct answers a chemical known as a "second messenger" is involved
with this type of postsynaptic receptor

transneuronal correct answers this type of degeneration occurs when a degenerating
neuron also damages nearby neurons

apoptosis correct answers genetically programmed cellular suicide

absolute refractory period correct answers During this, a neuron is completely resistant
to further stimulation

oligodendrocytes; schwann cells correct answers the myelination is provided to the
CNS and PNS by _____ and _______ respectively

affective disorders correct answers disorders characterized by the persistence of high
levels of one or both of two mood states, depression and/or mania

neologisms correct answers meaningless words people with schizophrenia sometimes
create

hallucination correct answers a sensory experience that occurs in the absence of
environmental stimulation

positive symptoms correct answers schizophrenic behaviors that are not seen in
normal behaviors

negative symptoms correct answers normal behaviors that are present in people, but
not in schizophrenic people

learning correct answers a long term change in behavior as a function of experience
defines

season of birth correct answers Epidemiological studies have shown ____ and viral
epidemics to be possible causes of the brain abnormalities seen in schizophrenia

post traumatic stress disorder correct answers It is caused by a situation in which a
person experienced or witnessed an event or events that involved actual or threatened

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