Introduction to psychology

The soma is the part of the nerve cell that

	serves as a specialized receiving area for information.
	collects and combines incoming information.
	carries nerve impulses over large distances.
	forms branching connections at the end of each axon.

	resting potential.
	equilibrium potential.
	state of potential nerve energy.
	action potential.

	jumps the synapse similar to the way a spark jumps the gap in a sparkplug.
	causes the axon terminal to squirt out a chemical toward the next neuron.
	causes the axon terminal to expand and touch a receptor site.
	bursts open a gap in the wall of the next neuron's dendrite.