PSYCH 630 r3 Neuron Worksheet PDF

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Neuron Worksheet PSYCH/630 Version 3

University of Phoenix Material Neuron Worksheet Part I In the text boxes provided, identify the structures of a basic neuron. Soma (Cell Body)

Node of Ranvier Nucleus

Axon

Myelin Sheath

Axon Hillock Terminal Buttons Dendrites

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Neuron Worksheet PSYCH/630 Version 3

Part II In the space provided, explain the process a neuron undergoes when going from a resting potential to an action potential to the release of its neurotransmitters. The neuron is essential an information processing and transformation piece of the nervous system. The occurrence of action potential happens when the neuron is “fired up” and moves from a resting state. For example: When you are sleeping and getting rest for work the following day. When neurons are at rest then they are not sending messages electrochemically for your body to react. An inactive neuron or unstimulated one is at rest when it under 70 millivolt and has a negative charge (Carlson, 2013). Then when the alarm goes off for you to “wake up”, that will put you into action potential. This happens when neurons send information down from the axon, going away from the cell body. In this state of action potential the neurons are active and relaying information from cell to cell through axons by way of neuron to neuron.

Carlson, N. R. (2013). Physiology of behavior. (11th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon

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