psychology vocab quiz

Question 1

Holds the nucleus, interprets received messages

Answer 1

Soma

Question 2

branched fibers that receive and integrate messages conducting impulses towards the Soma

Answer 2

Dendrites

Question 3

Extended fiber that passes messages to other neurons; information travels along this in the form of an electric charge called the action potential

Answer 3

axon

Question 4

Insulating, fatty covering of some neurons axon’s facilitates electrical impulse and increases communication

Answer 4

Myelin sheath

Question 5

provide stryctural support, they clean up dead cells form Myelin form new synapses, and play a role in learning

Answer 5

Glial cells

Question 6

Tiny bubble like structures at the end of the axon, contain synaptic vesicles.

Answer 6

Axon terminals

Question 7

small containers holding neurotransmitters that connect to the presynaptic membrane, releasing the neurotransmitter into the synapse

Answer 7

Synaptic Vesicles

Question 8

chemical messengers that relay neural messages across the synapse influence whether or not the next neuron fires

Answer 8

neurotransmitters

Question 9

Communication link between neurons happens in the synapse gaplcieft

Answer 9

synapse

Question 10

electrical charge of a neuron when its ready to fire its inactive state.

Answer 10

resting potential