1 | neuron | | _____ | chemical messengers that transport nerve impulses |
2 | soma | | _____ | transmit information from CNS to muscles and glands |
3 | axon | | _____ | principle by which neurons either have sufficient excitation to fire or they don't fire if insufficient excitation |
4 | terminal button | | _____ | fluid-filled gap between neurons |
5 | neurotransmitters | | _____ | transmit information to spinal chord and brain |
6 | synapse | | _____ | swelling at tip of axon, dispatches neurotransmitters |
7 | dendrites | | _____ | treelike structures that receive neural impulses |
8 | sensory neurons | | _____ | links one neuron to another; involved in processing in the brain |
9 | motor neurons | | _____ | insulating layer on axons that speed transmissiion of impulses |
10 | interneurons | | _____ | nerve cell |
11 | myelin sheath | | _____ | carries messages away from cell body |
12 | nodes of Ranvier | | _____ | abrupt change in charge, resulting in firing of the neuron |
13 | action potential | | _____ | cell body of a neuron |
14 | all-or-none | | _____ | gaps in myelin where impulse "jumps" to speed impulse down axon |