https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn Lauren Riggs en-us 2017-09-14 14:16:21 UTC 2024-11-12 21:11:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bigthunderstorm.png ler214 https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187578539 A branch of psychology concerned with the links between biology and behavior.]]> 2017-09-14 14:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187578539 ler214 https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187579049 A nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system.]]> 2017-09-14 14:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187579049 ler214 https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187579568 The bushy, branching extensions of a neuron that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body.]]> 2017-09-14 14:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187579568 ler214 https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187581007 The extensions of a neuron, ending in branching terminal fibers, through which messages pass to orher neurons or to muscles or glands.]]> 2017-09-14 14:24:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187581007 ler214 https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187582380 A layer of fatty tissue segmentally encasing the fibers of many neurons; enables vastly greater transmission speed of neural impulses as the impulse hops from one node to the next.]]> 2017-09-14 14:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187582380 ler214 https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187583569 A neural impulse; a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon. The action potential is generated by the movement of positively charged atoms in and out of channels in the axon's membrane.]]> 2017-09-14 14:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187583569 ler214 https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187585402 The level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse.]]> 2017-09-14 14:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187585402 ler214 https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187585998 The junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron.]]> 2017-09-14 14:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187585998 ler214 https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187586933 Chemical messengers that transverse the synaptic gaps between neurons. When released by the sending neuron, neurotransmitters travel across the synapse and bind to the receptor sites on the receiving neuron, thereby influencing whether that neuron will generate a neural impulse.]]> 2017-09-14 14:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187586933 ler214 https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187588476 A neurotransmitter that enables learning and memory and also triggers myscle contraction.]]> 2017-09-14 14:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187588476 ler214 https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187588899 Natural, opiatelike neurotransmitters linked to pain control and pleasure.]]> 2017-09-14 14:39:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187588899 ler214 https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187590975 The body's speedy, electrochemical communication network, consisting of all the nerve cells of the peripheral and central nervous systems.]]> 2017-09-14 14:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187590975 ler214 https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187591929 The sensory and motor neurons that connect the central netvous system to the rest of the body.]]> 2017-09-14 14:45:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187591929 ler214 https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187591982 The brain and spinal cord.]]> 2017-09-14 14:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187591982 ler214 https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187592737 Neutral "cables" containing many axons. These bundled axons, which are part of the peripheral nervous system, connect the central nervous system with muscles, glands, and sense organs.]]> 2017-09-14 14:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ler214/sxtr64h0mhvn/wish/187592737