UNIT 2 ESSAY

Question 1

Sensory neurons1

Answer 1

Carry messages from the body’s tissues and sensory organs inward to the brain and spinal cord for processing

Question 2

Motor neurons 1

Answer 2

Carry outgoing information from the Brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands

Question 3

Interneurons 1

Answer 3

Within the brain and spinal cord that communicate internally and intervene between sensory and motor Neurons

Question 4

Action potential 1

Answer 4

A neural impulse stimulated by signals from our senses or when triggered by chemical signals from neighboring neurons

Question 5

Neurotransmitter 1

Answer 5

Chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gap between neurons.
BIND TO RECEPTOR SITES ON THE RECEIVING NEURONS

Question 6

Synapse 1

Answer 6

Meeting point between two neurons

Question 7

Central nervous system 1

Answer 7

Body’s electrochemical communication system (decision maker)

BIG BROTHER

Question 8

Peripheral nervous system 1

Answer 8

Sensory and motor neurons that connect central nervous system to the rest of the body BABY BROTHER

Question 9

Hypothalamus 2

Answer 9

Directs several Maintenance activities such As eating drinking body temp and sexual behavior

Question 10

Amygdala 2

Answer 10

Linked to emotions

Aggression and fear

Question 11

Pet scan 2

Answer 11

A visual display of brain activity that detects where radioactive form a glucose goes while the brain performs a given task

Question 12

MRI 2

Answer 12

A technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer generated images of soft tissue

Question 13

Occipital lobe 2

Answer 13

Where visual signals are processed

Question 14

Broca’s area 2

Answer 14

Responsible for controlling muscles involved in produces speech

Question 15

Hindbrain. 2

Answer 15

Brain stem

Brains oldest and inner must region