Neurons 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyBrain and BehaviourUniversityNone Created by: smiith210Created on: 01-04-21 11:04 What does afferent mean? To the CNS 1 of 10 What is the dendrite? Recieves information 2 of 10 What is the soma? Intergrates information 3 of 10 What is the axon? Carries the information 4 of 10 What is the terminal button? Passes the information 5 of 10 What are action potentials? Electrical impulses which transmit information along the axon 6 of 10 What is saltatory conduction? Action potentials jumping between the regions of myelination 7 of 10 What is membrane potential? The difference in electrical potential between the interior and exterior of a biological cell 8 of 10 How is neural communication electrical and chemical? Axon: electrical, to another neuron: chemical 9 of 10 What is the all or none principle? All action potentials are approximately the same magnitude, information carried by the the rate at which action potentials pass along the neuron 10 of 10
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