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Information Processing Information Processing 100100

This segment of the cell is This segment of the cell is responsible for receiving all incoming responsible for receiving all incoming information. information.

What is the receptive segment?What is the receptive segment?

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The purpose of this cell process is to The purpose of this cell process is to increase the surface area of the increase the surface area of the receptive segment of the cell.receptive segment of the cell.

What is a dendrite?What is a dendrite?


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This segment of the neuron is This segment of the neuron is responsible for analyzing incoming responsible for analyzing incoming information.information.

This region of the neuron tests for This region of the neuron tests for critical threshold.critical threshold.

What is the axon hillock?What is the axon hillock?



This information processing function This information processing function is responsible for relaying is responsible for relaying information from spot in the nervous information from spot in the nervous system to another.system to another.

What is transmission?What is transmission?



This activity by the neuron produces This activity by the neuron produces a response in the post-synaptic cell.a response in the post-synaptic cell.

What is the release of neurotransmitter What is the release of neurotransmitter substance into the cleft?substance into the cleft?


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Synapses form this type of gate and Synapses form this type of gate and thereby regulate the directional flow thereby regulate the directional flow of information within the nervous of information within the nervous system.system.

What is a one-way gate?What is a one-way gate?


This is the most common type of This is the most common type of synapse found in the nervous system.synapse found in the nervous system.

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What is axo-dendritic?What is axo-dendritic?


Transmitter substance is stored in Transmitter substance is stored in this structure in the presynaptic this structure in the presynaptic terminal.terminal.


What is a vesicle?What is a vesicle?


This is the site where most This is the site where most medications and poisons have their medications and poisons have their effect.effect.


What is the synaptic cleft?What is the synaptic cleft?



This mechanical model portrays the This mechanical model portrays the relationship between the transmitter relationship between the transmitter molecule and the receptor site on the molecule and the receptor site on the post-synaptic membrane.post-synaptic membrane.

What is a key-and-lock arrangement?What is a key-and-lock arrangement?


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This type of electrical conduction is This type of electrical conduction is found along the myelinated segment found along the myelinated segment of the axon.of the axon.

What is saltatory conduction?What is saltatory conduction?



This type of electrical conduction is This type of electrical conduction is found along the receptive segment of found along the receptive segment of the neuron.the neuron.

What is slow detrimental conduction?



This is the way information is This is the way information is portrayed along a neuron.portrayed along a neuron.

What is transient electrical What is transient electrical information?information?



This electrical potential is maintained This electrical potential is maintained by the sodium and potassium pumps by the sodium and potassium pumps and disturbed by the arrival of and disturbed by the arrival of incoming information.incoming information.

What is resting membrane potential?What is resting membrane potential?



This process of transferring This process of transferring information from one neuron to information from one neuron to another accounts for the synaptic another accounts for the synaptic delay in information transmission.delay in information transmission.

What is energy transduction (changing What is energy transduction (changing from electrical to chemical back to from electrical to chemical back to electrical)?electrical)?


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This type of neuron transmits This type of neuron transmits information from the receptor into information from the receptor into the CNS. the CNS.

What is a first-order neuron?What is a first-order neuron?


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All first-order neurons are this type All first-order neurons are this type of cell.of cell.

What is a pseudo-monopolar cell?What is a pseudo-monopolar cell?



This is the process by which This is the process by which information from a single neuron is information from a single neuron is spread to several post-synaptic spread to several post-synaptic neurons.neurons.

This process enables parallel This process enables parallel information processing within the CNS.information processing within the CNS.

What is divergence?What is divergence?Return toReturn to

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The entrance of a growing axonal The entrance of a growing axonal sprout into this structure greatly sprout into this structure greatly increases the chances that a post-increases the chances that a post-synaptic cell will become re-innervated.synaptic cell will become re-innervated.

What is the tube of Schwann What is the tube of Schwann cells (band of Bungner)?cells (band of Bungner)?



This is the information coding This is the information coding strategy used by the nervous system strategy used by the nervous system to portray and transmit information.to portray and transmit information.

What is a frequency code?What is a frequency code?


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This is the root cause of all This is the root cause of all impairments following neuralgic impairments following neuralgic insult.insult.

What is damage to neurons?What is damage to neurons?



This is the process of recovery of a This is the process of recovery of a neuron in the peripheral nervous neuron in the peripheral nervous system.system.

What is Wallerina de- and What is Wallerina de- and regeneration?regeneration?



This is the most severe class of This is the most severe class of peripheral nerve injury according to peripheral nerve injury according to Seddon.Seddon.

What is neurotmesis?What is neurotmesis?



This term describes the swelling of This term describes the swelling of the cell body and peripheral the cell body and peripheral displacement of the nucleus and displacement of the nucleus and Nissel substance following injury.Nissel substance following injury.

What is chromotolysis?What is chromotolysis?



This structure is produced by This structure is produced by aberrant growth of an axonal sprout.aberrant growth of an axonal sprout.

What is a neuroma?What is a neuroma?


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