Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior Chapter 4 – with accurate answers (verified)Graded A

homeostasis - Answers-maintenance of an environment of body functions within a certain range membrane - Answers-a thin, limiting covering of a cell cell body - Answers-the central region of a neuron which is the control center dendrites - Answers-branchlike structures that extend from the cell body and specialize in receiving signals from other neurons axon - Answers-a thin tube that extends from the cell body and specializes in transmitting signals to other neurons axon terminals - Answers-the end region of the axon receptors - Answers-recognition mechanisms that respond to specific chemical agents neurotransmitter - Answers-chemical messengers released from axon terminals synaptic vesicles - Answers-small bubbles of membrane that store neurotransmitters myelin - Answers-a fatty white substance that is wrapped around portions of the axons blood-brain barrier - Answers-structure that prevents many drugs from entering the brain neurotransmission - Answers-the process of transferring information from one neuron to another at a synapse