A Neuron Or Nerve Cell Quiz Chapter 1

the basic elements of the nervous system.

Chemicals that carry messages across the synapse to a dendrite of a receiving neuron.

The reabsorption of neurotransmitters by a terminal button

The major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain

Cell Body -> Axon -> Dendrites -> Dendrites of Adjecent Neurons

Axon -> Dendrites -> Cell Body -> Dendrites of Adjecent Neurons

Dendrites ->Cell Body ->Axon ->Dendrites of Adjecent Neurons

Dendrites of Adjecent Neurons ->Cell Body -> Axon -> Dendrites

True

False

Are chemicals that carry messages across the synapse to a dendrite of a receiving neuron.

The space between two neurons where the axon of a sending neuron communicates with the dendrites of a receiving neuron by using chemical messages

Regulates motor behavior, motivation, pleasure, and emotional arousal

Influences mood and arousal

Synapse

Neurotransmitters

Glutamate

Endorphins