Go to “Make a Mad, Mad, Mad Neuron”
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/madneuron/
Build your own monster neural circuit
1. Define the following structures used to make your mad neuron.
Cell body |
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Dendrites |
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Axon terminal |
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Nucleus |
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Myelin sheath |
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Axon |
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2. Find an image of a neural circuit and cut and paste it into the box below
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Go to “Crossing the Divide: How Neurons Talk to Each Other”
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/crossingdivide/
3. How do nerves communicate with one another?
4. What is inside a vesicle? Give one example.
5. What do the receptors do?
6. Why use a second messenger?
7. What does the second messenger do?
8. When is the impulse terminated?
Go to “The Other Brain Cells”
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/braincells/
9. Identify the function of the different glia cells in the brain.
Oligodendrocytes |
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Microglia |
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Astrocytes |
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10. How can astrocytes help defend against disease?