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Synapse MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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What is the main characteristic of synapses between neurons?
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The Synapse
- Synapse can be defined as a functional junction between parts of two different neurons.
- There is no anatomical continuity between two neurons involved in the formation of the synapse.
- At a synapse, the membrane of the first neuron is called the presynaptic membrane, and the membrane of the next neuron is called the postsynaptic membrane.
- The small gap between is the synaptic cleft.
- Transmission across a synapse is carried out by molecules called neurotransmitters, which are stored in synaptic vesicles in the axon terminals.
- Two main neurotransmitters in vertebrates nervous system are acetylcholine and noradrenaline.
- Neurons releasing acetylcholine are described as cholinergic neurons.
- Neurons releasing the adrenaline are described as adrenergic neurons.
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