Chapter 25: Nerves
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25.1: Tutorial: Neurotransmitter release
This tutorial examines the events that take place at a typical chemical synapse in the central nervous system.
25.2: Activity: How Axons Transmit Signals
Learn how axons transmit nerve impulses in myelinated versus unmyelinated neurons.25.3: Activity: Neurotransmitter function
Test your understanding of the information presented in Table 25.1.
25.4: Activity: Organization of the human nervous system
Test your recall for figure 25.4 with this key figure labeling exercise.
25.5: Tutorial: Reflex arcs
This tutorial explores how a simple circuit of neurons allows us to take quick action without having to "think" about it.
25.6: Activity: The cerebral cortex
Test your recall for figure 25.8 with this key figure labeling exercise.
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