PSB 3002 Exam 1 Questions with 100% Correct Answers 2024/2025
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PSB 3002 Exam 1 Questions with 100% Correct Answers 2024/2025
biological psychology - ANSWERSthe study of the physiological, evolutionary, and developmental mechanisms of behavior and experience
neurons - ANSWERScells that receive information and transmit it to other cells
glia - ANSWERS...
PSB 3002 Exam 1 Questions with 100%
Correct Answers 2024/2025
biological psychology - ANSWERSthe study of the physiological, evolutionary, and developmental
mechanisms of behavior and experience
neurons - ANSWERScells that receive information and transmit it to other cells
glia - ANSWERStype of cell in the nervous system that does not conduct impulses over long distances
Santiago Ramon y Cajal - ANSWERSdemonstrated that individual cells comprising the nervous system
remained separate
motor neuron - ANSWERScell that receives excitation from other neurons and conducts impulses to a
muscle
sensory neuron - ANSWERScell that is highly sensitive to a specific type of stimulation
soma (cell body) - ANSWERSspherical part of the neuron that contains the nucleus and connects to
dendrites, which bring information in, and the axon, which sends information out
dendrites - ANSWERSreceive signals from adjacent neurons
axon - ANSWERSthin fiber of constant diameter
presynaptic terminal - ANSWERSpoint where an axon releases chemicals
dendritic spines - ANSWERSshort outgrowths that increase the surface area available for synapses
, axon hillock - ANSWERSpoint where action potentials originate
myelination - ANSWERSthe formation of a fatty sheath around the axons of a neuron
nodes of ranvier - ANSWERSinterruptions in the myelin sheath of vertebrate axons
axon termial - ANSWERSpoint where action potentials arrive, which signals the release of
neurotransmitters from the synaptic vesicles
synaptic gap - ANSWERSgap where end points of an axon diffuse to release chemicals to communicate
with other neurons
afferent axon - ANSWERSbrings information into a structure
efferent axon - ANSWERScarries information away from a structure
interneurons - ANSWERScentral nodes of neural circuits, enabling communication between sensory or
motor neurons and the central nervous system
astrocyte - ANSWERSglial cell that regulates neuronal communication among other functions
microglia - ANSWERSglial cells that remove waste material and other microorganisms from the nervous
system
radial glia - ANSWERSglial cells that guide neuron migration and axon and dendrite growth during
embryological development
oligodendrocytes - ANSWERSglial cell in the brain or spinal cord that builds myelin sheaths
schwann cells - ANSWERSglial cells in the periphery of the body that builds myelin sheaths
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