Nerve Cells

Question 1

Dendrites

Answer 1

Tree like structure that increases a nerves surface area to pick up more information

Question 2

Axon

Answer 2

Give length to nerve cell to send information faster

Question 3

Cell body

Answer 3

Main body of cells where all the organelles are

Question 4

Cell membrane

Answer 4

Outer wall allowing in and out

Question 5

Cytoplasm

Answer 5

Liquid inside the cell

Question 6

Schwann cells

Answer 6

In charge of producing myelin sheaths

Question 7

Myelin Sheaths

Answer 7

Protective insulator for electrical activity

Question 8

Nodes of ranvier

Answer 8

Allows electricity to jump for a faster response

Question 9

Terminal end

Answer 9

Back end of nerve cell

Question 10

Synapse

Answer 10

Space in between nerves

Question 11

Neurotransmitter

Answer 11

Carry the information across the synapse

Question 12

Depolarization

Answer 12

The nerve is stimulated causing the na k pump to turn off and let the wrong k out and na into the cell

Question 13

Repolarization

Answer 13

Resetting the nerve cell charge

Question 14

Polarization

Answer 14

Nerve charged all the time waiting for a stimulus. Pump working regular (na out k in)

Question 15

Na/K pump

Answer 15

Chemical pump to keep cell charged right. Na out K in

Question 16

Glucose

Answer 16

Sugar energy used by cell to send signals

Question 17

Facilitated diffusion

Answer 17

Glucose coming into cell

Question 18

Diffusion

Answer 18

Moving oxygen and carbon dioxide in the cell

Neurotransmitters crossing the synapse

Question 19

Exocytosis

Answer 19

Neurotransmitters released into the synapse

Question 20

Endocytosis

Answer 20

Neurotransmitters picked up by the next nerve after going through the synapse