BBH 101 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE 2026 CORE BASIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONCEPTS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS

BBH 101 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE 2026
CORE BASIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CONCEPTS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS

◉ Sympathetic PNS
Answer: part of the autonomic PNS affected by dangerous situations


◉ Parasympathetic
Answer: part of the autonomic PNS involved in calming, relaxing
activity


◉ Neuron
Answer: smaller functional unit of the Nervous System


◉ Dendrite
Answer: part of the neuron that receives information


◉ Soma
Answer: part of the neuron that integrates information


◉ Axon

, Answer: part of the neuron that conducts information


◉ Synaptic Boutons
Answer: part of the neuron that transmits information


◉ Action Potentials
Answer: signals that allow electrical signaling within the neuron


◉ Myelin
Answer: insulatory material covering an axon in a neuron to keep
the axon from decaying, which allows the electrical signal to make it
all the way through


◉ Synapses
Answer: a junction between two nerve cells, consisting of a minute
gap


◉ Neurotransmitters
Answer: how neurons communicate with one another


◉ Path of Neurotransmitters
Answer: released from the neuron, cross the synaptic cleft, and
interact with receptors on the next neuron