On your own sheet of paper, complete the following activity. (You could also use the back sheet of your circulatory system assignment).
Mad, Mad, Mad Neuron Worksheet
1. Go to the following website:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/madneuron/
As you build your neuron, draw it below, label the parts and describe their functions.
2. Crossing the divide - how neurons talk to each other
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/crossingdivide/
Play the video with voiceover and describe how an impulse travels across a synapse.
3. Define the following on your own sheet of paper.
Synapse:
Neurotransmitters
Receptors
Inhibitory Transmitters
When you finish, turn your paper into the homework tray and pick up your CBA review from the front.