This is another name for a cell body.

The potential that a neuron must reach for an action potential to be generated

This general kind of channel opens in response to the presence of a neurotransmitter.

The two types of synapses.

The junction between a synaptic terminal and another neuron.

The type of response an action potential is, because it occurs or it does not

This general kind of channel opens in response to a change in the membrane potential.

The majority of synapses are this type.

Conducts impulses away from the cell body to another neuron, muscle, or gland

Closed channels at resting state.

This membrane protein uses ATP to restore concentrations of Na+ and K+ to their “resting” levels.

The most common excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain.

Receive stimuli and send signals to the cell body

The process in which the membrane potential returns to its resting state

A voltage-gated Na+ channel propagates the action potential by using this kind of feedback

This causes the release of neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft.

The insulating cover that axons of many neurons are surrounded by

The level an axon depolarizes to in order to generate an action potential

When this ion crosses the membrane through specific channels, the membrane
potential becomes more negative

The five major groups of neurotransmitters