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Nervous System (Vocabulary)

Across
Depolarization graded only up to a certain membrane voltage
Transmit information from sensors that detect external stimuli and internal conditions
Chemical messangers
Magnitude of the membrane voltage at equilibrium
Most common type of neurotransmitter in vertebrates and nonvertebrates
Main input center for sensory information going to the cerebrum and the main output center for motor information leaving the cerebrum
Neurotransmitters derived from amino acids
Restricts the passage of most substances into the central nervous system
What brain side is responsible for language
Transmitting neuron
Down
Consists of midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata
Another name for nerve cells
Highly branched extensions that receive signals from other neurons
Disease caused by death of neurons in the midbrain
Voltage across plasma membrane
Formed in the brain by filtration of the blood
Communication between the right and left hemisphere
Example: knee jerk
Occipital lobe responsible for