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Question 1

What is the rest and digest part of the nervous system?

Answer 1

Parasympathetic

Question 2

What are molecules that aren’t psychoactive but turn into psychoactive molecules called?

Answer 2

Prodrugs

Question 3

What does the half-life of a drug involves?

Answer 3

decreasing the amount in the bloodstream by 50%

Question 4

What is the therapeutic index?

Answer 4

LD50/ED50

Question 5

When a drug enters the bloodstream rapidly what is the blood-drug curve called?

Answer 5

Steep

Question 6

Which part of the neuron “carries the message” toward the cell body?

Answer 6

Dendrite

Question 7

What is the space between 2 neurons where the neurotransmitter get released called?

Answer 7

synaptic cleft

Question 8

What does the central nervous system include?

Answer 8

Brain and spinal cord

Question 9

Which part regulate involuntary bodily functions?

Answer 9

Autonomic

Question 10

What are the 2 main parts of the nervous system?

Answer 10

Central and Peripheral

Question 11

Which part of the neuron receives signals?

Answer 11

Dendrites

Question 12

What is the gap between 2 neurons called?

Answer 12

Synapse

Question 13

What type of cells support and protect neurons?

Answer 13

Glial Cells

Question 14

What is the function of myelin sheath?

Answer 14

To speed up signals

Question 15

What are Nodes of Raniver?

Answer 15

Gaps in the myelin sheath

Question 16

Which system controls voluntary actions?

Answer 16

Somatic Nervous System

Question 17

What is the key role of neurotransmitters?

Answer 17

Transmit signals across synapses