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drawn from Brain Facts, 2012 Edition. Be as specific with your answers as you

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1. What is the name of chemical messengers released

at the end of nerve terminals?

2. What is the name for the four large cavities within

the brain that are filled with cerebrospinal fluid?

3. What type of photoreceptor in the human retina is

primarily responsible for nighttime vision?

4. In general, neurons send information to other cells

through a long fiber-like extension called a

5. The outgrowths present on the tips of axons during

early development are collectively called what?

6. Axons of olfactory receptor cells in the nose

terminate in what structures?

7. The two main subtypes of declarative (explicit)

memory are?