- To speed up transmission and to ensure the impulse gets from A to B the axon are __________
- The combination of a sperm cell and an egg cell results in a ______.
- Neurons are electrically excitable due to having what? And what is this charge on the inside?
- Bundle of axons with connective tissues and blood vessels
- What is the name for the network of fine cellular processes emerging from neurons and glial cells
- The soma of the neuron contains the _______ and most of the cells organelles serving as the ________ ________ for the entire neuron
- Neurons are classified structurally as _______, ______, ________, or ________
- A _______ is a reaction to a stimulus.
- An adaptation is a favorable trait that gives an _____ an advantage in a specific environment.
- The first eukaryotes appeared on Earth _____ years ago.
- An interesting fact about protista is that none have been found to be associated with human disease.
- Neural tissue is made up of _____ and _______ working together
- For the first billion years or so of life on Earth, all life forms were _____.
- The idea that mitochondria and chloroplasts originated as free-living bacteria that got engulfed by a host species and created a partnership of mutual benefit is called the _____.
- The organelle where photosynthesis occurs is _______________.
- Seawater is an _______ solution that is important to living things.
- Name for the compound formed from Na+ and Cl-:
- Through a microscope, a student observes a single-celled organism in a drop of pond water. There is a visible nucleus and other complex membrane-bound organelles. The organism is moving by means of pseudopodia. The instructor informs the student that the colony is reproducing by mitosis after emerging from a cyst stage. What type of organism is the student observing?
- What type of molecules have "heads" and "tails?"
- ____________ is a globular polypeptide chain.