Chapter 2 Fill in the Blanks - Chapter 2 Fill-in-the-Blanks...

Chapter 2 Fill-in-the-Blanks
1.
An extensive network of specialized cells that carry information to and from all parts of
the body is called the _________________ ______________.
2.
The basic cell that makes up the nervous system and which receives and sends messages
within that system is called a __________________.
3.
The long tube-like structure that carries the neural message to other cells on the neuron is
the _______________.
4.
On a neuron, the branch-like structures that receive messages from other neurons is the
___________________.
5.
The cell body of the neuron, responsible for maintaining the life of the cell and contains
the mitochondria is the _________________.
6.
The fatty substances produced by certain glial cells that coat the axons of neurons to
insulate, protect, and speed up the neural impulse is the _________________.
7.
The bundles of axons in the body that travel together through the body are known as the
______________.
8.
The charged particles located inside and outside of the neuron are called ____________.
9.
The state of the neuron when not firing a neural impulse is known as the
________________ ____________________.
10.
_____________________ refers to the fact that a neuron either fires completely or does
not fire at all.
11.
The _____________ _____________ are saclike structures found inside the synaptic
knob containing chemicals.
12.
__________________________ are chemicals found in the synaptic vesicles which,
when released, has an effect on the next cell.