NEURONS

 

go to the website  Children’s Hospital Boston   (http://www.childrenshospital.org/research/_neuron/index.html)

 

 

Introduction – Roll your cursor across the neuron and read the descriptions of the parts of a neuron

 

Label your diagram and give the function

 

 

Fire - Try different combinations of inputs.  Write a summary of how neurons are signaled to send and impulse or remain at rest.

 

Transmission – Watch the entire animation (8 frames).  Summarize how a neuron sends an impulse.

 

Inputs and Outputs – Watch the entire animation (5 frames).  Summarize how a nerve impulse is transferred from one neuron to the next across the synapse.