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What is an accumulation of chemical transmitters across the synapse called?
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Summation
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What is the condition called when more potassium ions than usual leave the neuron?
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Hyperpolarization
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Name the two types of nervous systems.
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Peripheral nervous system and Central nervous system
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Name the three types of nerons.
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Sensory, motor and inter neurons
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Explain transmission and its movement.
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The passage of the electro-chemical impulse moving from the dendrites to the endplate across the axon.
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What is the minimum level of stimulus required to start an action potential?
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Threshold stimuli
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What is the function of the neurilemma?
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Helps to regenerate a damaged neuron
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What is a synapse?
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A space between an axon and it target
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In what nervous system can the chemical dopamine be found?
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In the central nervous system
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What is a Node of Ranvier and where can it be found?
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A space between two schwann cells found on the axon
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