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PSMNB
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PSMNB
Complexity - correct answer Billions of nerve cells in the brain in collaboration and communication with each other are responsible for your behaviors and mental processes
Integration - correct answer Pulling information t...
Complexity - correct answer Billions of nerve cells in the brain in collaboration and
communication with each other are responsible for your behaviors and mental processes
Integration - correct answer Pulling information together from your environment as
well as within your own body demonstrates the numerous processes happening at the same time
Adaptability - correct answer The unique capacity of change that occurs in your
brain
Electrochemical Transmission - correct answer Processing of two types of
communication, electrical and chemical, in order for the messages to be set to your billions of nerve
cells
Which of the following describes how the brain processes multiple stimuli on a regular basis to help you
make decisions? - correct answer integrated
______ neurons receive information from sensory organs. - correct answer Afferent
& Sensory
The nervous system has two main divisions: the _________ , nervous system and the ________ nervous
system. - correct answer central and peripheral
There are two types of cells in the nervous system: ________ and ______ cells. - correct answer
neurons and glial
The __________ ___________ is the body's electrochemical communication circuitry. - correct answer
nervous system
What does every neuron have? - correct answer dendrites, cell body, and axon
, The brain processes multiple stimuli regularly as you make decisions through the process of
__________. - correct answer Integration
Sensory or ___________ nerves carry information to the brain and spinal cord. - correct answer
afferent
Which of the following comprise the two primary divisions of the nervous system? - correct answer
peripheral nervous system & central nervous system
When an action potential abides by the all-or-nothing principle, once it reaches its threshold it moves all
the way down the axon - correct answer without losing any of its intensity.
The cells in the nervous system that handle information processing are called - correct answer
neurons.
The synaptic gap is the space between two ________. - correct answer neurons
Which of the following is NOT a part of the neuron? - correct answer synapse
Chemical communicators called ___________ are released when action potentials reach terminal
buttons. - correct answer neurotransmitters
What do the neuron's terminal buttons release into the synapse? - correct answer
chemicals called neurotransmitters
The Blank______ principle states that once the threshold has been crossed, the action potential either
fires or it does not. There is no half measure. - correct answer all-or-nothing
The space between neurons is called a(n) ______ gap. - correct answer synaptic
Communication between neurons occurs via - correct answer neurotransmitters
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