Module 9 notecards

Question 1

endorphins

Answer 1

opiate like neurotransmitters that are linked to pain and control pleasure

Question 2

dendrites

Answer 2

recieves messages and conducts impulses toward the cell body

Question 3

biological psychology

Answer 3

scientific study of links between biological and psychological processes.

Question 4

axon

Answer 4

neuron extension that passes messages through its other neurons or to muscles or glands.

Question 5

antagonist

Answer 5

inhibits or blocks a response

Question 6

agonist

Answer 6

stimulates a response

Question 7

action potential

Answer 7

neural impulse; brief electic charge that travels down axon.

Question 8

threshold

Answer 8

level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse

Question 9

synapse

Answer 9

gap between axon and dendrite

Question 10

reuptake

Answer 10

neurotransmitter reabsorbs neuron

Question 11

refractory period

Answer 11

period od inactivity after neuron has fired.

Question 12

neurotransmitters

Answer 12

thousands of chemical messages

Question 13

neuron

Answer 13

a nerve cell; basic building block of the nervous system