| 1 | neuron | | _____ | chemical messengers that transport nerve impulses |
| 2 | soma | | _____ | transmit information from CNS to muscles and glands |
| 3 | axon | | _____ | principle by which neurons either have sufficient excitation to fire or they don't fire if insufficient excitation |
| 4 | terminal button | | _____ | fluid-filled gap between neurons |
| 5 | neurotransmitters | | _____ | transmit information to spinal chord and brain |
| 6 | synapse | | _____ | swelling at tip of axon, dispatches neurotransmitters |
| 7 | dendrites | | _____ | treelike structures that receive neural impulses |
| 8 | sensory neurons | | _____ | links one neuron to another; involved in processing in the brain |
| 9 | motor neurons | | _____ | insulating layer on axons that speed transmissiion of impulses |
| 10 | interneurons | | _____ | nerve cell |
| 11 | myelin sheath | | _____ | carries messages away from cell body |
| 12 | nodes of Ranvier | | _____ | abrupt change in charge, resulting in firing of the neuron |
| 13 | action potential | | _____ | cell body of a neuron |
| 14 | all-or-none | | _____ | gaps in myelin where impulse "jumps" to speed impulse down axon |