BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
THE NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS
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control voluntary muscles
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to make muscles contract
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transmit electrochemical messages throughout the body
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conduction of impulses from the spinal cord
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Detailed explanation-1: -Neurons communicate via both electrical signals and chemical signals. The electrical signals are action potentials, which transmit the information from one of a neuron to the other; the chemical signals are neurotransmitters, which transmit the information from one neuron to the next.
Detailed explanation-2: -When neurons communicate, an electrical impulse triggers the release of neurotransmitters from the axon into the synapse. The neurotransmitters cross the synapse and bind to special molecules on the other side, called receptors. Receptors are located on the dendrites. Receptors receive and process the message.
Detailed explanation-3: -The function of a neuron is to transmit information within the nervous system. Neural transmission occurs when a neuron is activated, or fired (sends out an electrical impulse).
Detailed explanation-4: -Neurotransmitters are endogenous chemicals that act as messengers and transmit signals from one neuron to another or between non-neuronal body cells across chemical synapses, exchanging information throughout the brain and body.