Neuron Web Quest

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Build your own monster neural circuit
1. Defne the following structures used to make your mad neuron.
ell !ody "he com#act area of a ner$e cell that constitutes the
nucleus and surrounding cyto#lasm% e&cluding a&ioms and
dendrites.
Dendrites "he !ranching #rocess of a neuron that conducts im#ulses
toward a cell
'&on
terminal
"erminations of the !ranches of an a&on
Nucleus "he inner #ortion of a ner$e cell
Myelin
sheath
' dielectric material that is usually around the a&on of the
neuron
'&on Ner$e f!er, slender #ro(ection of a ner$e cell
). Draw and la!el your neural circuit *circuit + ) neurons, Draw +
#encil,
Go to rossing the Di$ide- .ow Neurons "alk to /ach 0ther
htt#-11learn.genetics.utah.edu1units1addiction1reward1neurontalk.cfm
2. .ow do ner$es communicate with one another3
'n electrical signal tra$els down the a&on. hemical neurotransmitter
molecules are released into the syna#se. "he neurotransmitter
molecules !ind to rece#tor sites on the releasing neuron and the
second neuron.
4. 5hat is inside a $esicle3 Gi$e one e&am#le.
6esicles store $arious neurotransmitters that are released at the
syna#se
7yna#tic $esicle
Do#amine is stored in $esicles
8. 5hat do the rece#tors do3
9ecei$e the signal from one neuron to the ne&t neuron
:. 5hy use a second messenger3
7econd messengers are slower; more sustained e<ect. 'lso interacts
with other molecules to #roduce di<erent e<ects
=. 5hat does the second messenger do3
7econd messengers are used to con$ey res#onses from the neurons to
other #arts of the same neurons
>. 5hen is the im#ulse terminated3
5hen the neurotransmitters acti$ate the inhi!itory neurotransmitters
sto# the #rocess or the concentration of neurotransmitters is too low