The Nervous System

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What are the chemical messengers of the nervous system called?

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Neurotransmitters

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What kind of neurons act as "translators" between the senses and the brain?

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Receptor Cells

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What part of the brain plays a role in fear and anger?

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Amygdala

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Chemical messengers of the endocrine gland are called

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hormones

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The part of a neuron that receives messages from other neurons is called a

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Dendrite

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After a neural impulse is received by the dendrite and passes through the cell body it would next be in the

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axon

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The time interval in which a neuron can not fire is called

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refractory period

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A brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of a neuron is called

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action potential

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The fluid-filled space between neurons is called

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synapse

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Information is carried to the skeleton muscles by

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motor nerves