Conceptual Biology

Chapter 12: The Nervous System

How Neurons Communicate (Textbook)

Neurons Communicating

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Chapter 1: About Science
Chapter 2: The Chemistry of Life
Chapter 3: The Cell
Chapter 4: How Cells Work
- 4.1 Cellular Transport
- 4.2 Cell Communication
- 4.3 ATP and Chemical Reactions
- 4.4 Enzymes
- 4.5 Photosynthesis
- 4.6 Cellular Respiration
- 4.7 Glycolysis (Honors)
- 4.8 LE: Plate Tectonics
- 4S Chapter Summary
- 4Q Chapter Questions
Chapter 5: DNA and Genes
- 5.1 What is a Gene?
- 5.2 Chromosomes
- 5.3 The Structure of DNA
- 5.4 How DNA Is Copied
- 5.5 How Proteins Are Built
- 5.6 Genetic Mutations
- 5.7 LE: History of Earth's Atmosphere
- 5S Chapter Summary
- 5Q Chapter Questions
Chapter 6: Inheritance
- 6.1 How Cells Reproduce
- 6.2 Cell Division and Genetic Diversity
- 6.3 Traits and Inheritance
- 6.4 First Law of Inheritance
- 6.5 Second Law of Inheritance
- 6.6 Beyond Mendel
- 6.7 LE: History within Earth's Ice Caps
- 6S Chapter Summary
- 6Q Chapter Questions
Chapter 7: Genetic Technologies
- 7.1 The Human Genome
- 7.2 Genetic Testing
- 7.3 Cancer
- 7.4 DNA Technologies
- 7.5 Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes
- 7.6 Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cas9
- 7.7 Concerns About DNA Technology
- 7.8 LE: Engineering Planetary Solutions
- 7S Chapter Summary
- 7Q Chapter Questions
Chapter 8: Natural Selection
- 8.1 The Origin of Life
- 8.2 Is There Life on Mars or Venus?
- 8.3 Charles Darwin
- 8.4 Natural Selection
- 8.5 Examples of Natural Selection
- 8.6 Adaptation
- 8.7 LE: Earth's Geologic History
- 8S Chapter Summary
- 8Q Chapter Questions
Chapter 9: Evidence of Evolution
- 9.1 Mechanisms of Evolution
- 9.2 How New Species Form
- 9.3 Natural Selection in Action
- 9.4 Fossils
- 9.5 Body Structures and Genetics
- 9.6 Biogeography
- 9.7 The Evolution of Humans
- 9.8 LE: Plate Tectonics
- 9S Chapter Summary
- 9Q Chapter Questions
Chapter 10: Diversity of Life 1
- 10.1 Classifying Life
- 10.2 Evolutionary Trees
- 10.3 Three Domains of Life
- 10.4 Bacteria
- 10.5 Archaea
- 10.6 Protists
- 10.7 Plants
- 10.8 LE: Life's Impact On Earth
- 10S Chapter Summary
- 10Q Chapter Questions
Chapter 11: Diversity of Life 2
- 11.1 Fungi
- 11.2 Animals Part 1
- 11.3 Animals Part 2
- 11.4 Animals Part 3
- 11.5 Viruses and Prions
- 11.6 Life Is Interconnected
- 11.7 LE: The Impact of Natural Hazards
- 11S Chapter Summary
- 11Q Chapter Questions
Chapter 12: The Nervous System
- 12.1 Organization of the Human Body
- 12.2 Homeostasis
- 12.3 The Brain
- 12.4 The Nervous System
- 12.5 How Neurons Fire
- 12.6 How Neurons Communicate
- 12.7 The Senses
- 12.8 LE: Cultures and the Environment
- 12S Chapter Summary
- 12Q Chapter Questions
Chapter 13: Control and Movement
- 13.1 Hormones
- 13.2 Reproduction
- 13.3 Development
- 13.4 The Skeleton
- 13.5 Muscles
- 13.6 LE: Modeling Climate
- 13S Chapter Summary
- 13Q Chapter Questions
Chapter 14: Maintaining the Body
- 14.1 The Circulatory System
- 14.2 The Path of Blood Flow
- 14.3 Blood
- 14.4 Respiration
- 14.5 Digestion
- 14.6 LE: Ocean Acidification
- 14S Chapter Summary
- 14Q Chapter Questions
Chapter 15: Protecting Health
- 15.1 Nutrition, Exercise, and Health
- 15.2 The Excretory System
- 15.3 The Innate Immune System
- 15.4 The Acquired Immune System
- 15.5 LE: Regenerative Agriculture
- 15S Chapter Summary
- 15Q Chapter Questions
Chapter 16: Populations
- 16.1 Organisms and Their Environments
- 16.2 Population Growth
- 16.3 Life History
- 16.4 Human Population Growth
- 16.5 LE: Availability of Natural Resources
- 16S Chapter Summary
- 16Q Chapter Questions
Chapter 17: Communities
- 17.1 Food Webs
- 17.2 Competition
- 17.3 Symbiosis
- 17.4 Invasive Species
- 17.5 LE: Sustainability and Biodiversity
- 17S Chapter Summary
- 17Q Chapter Questions
Chapter 18: Ecosystems
- 18.1 Terrestrial Biomes
- 18.2 Aquatic Biomes
- 18.3 Biogeochemical Cycles
- 18.4 Energy Flow in Ecosystems
- 18.5 Ecological Succession
- 18.6 LE: Global Climate Change
- 18S Chapter Summary
- 18Q Chapter Questions