Long-Term Potentiation Involves

question 164

Multiple Choice

Long-term potentiation involves:

• A)Inhibition of a neuron
• B)Synaptic strengthening following repeated stimulation
• C)Increasing threshold to initiate a neural response
• D)At least one complex path of neurons

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Definitions:

Hemostasis

Process by which blood clots in response to injury.

Homeostasis

Process in which organisms keep their internal conditions within tolerable ranges by sensing and responding appropriately to change.

Closed Circulatory System

Circulatory system in which blood flows through a continuous system of vessels, and substances are exchanged across the walls of the smallest vessels.

Capillaries

The smallest blood vessels in the body's circulatory system, where the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and many other nutrient and waste substances occurs.