Synapse Transmission of Nervous Messages Quiz
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What is the role of neurotransmitters at a synapse?

  • Initiate the nervous message
  • Transport electric nerve impulses
  • Facilitate the transmission of electric nerve impulses (correct)
  • Generate an electrochemical impulse
  • In a neuro-neural synapse, the synapse occurs between which two elements?

  • Neuron and muscle cell
  • Neuron and gland cell
  • Two muscle cells
  • Two neurons (correct)
  • What are synaptic vesicles and what do they contain?

  • Large vesicles containing electric impulses
  • Large vesicles containing neurotransmitters
  • Small vesicles containing electric impulses
  • Small vesicles containing neurotransmitters (correct)
  • What is the function of the gap between the presynaptic neuron and the postsynaptic element at a synapse?

    <p>Allow for chemical transmission of nerve impulses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where do molecules carrying the nervous message pass through to reach another neuron?

    <p>Synaptic cleft</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the post-synaptic membrane in a synapse?

    <p>Contains receptors specific for neurotransmitters</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which step occurs first in the transmission of a nervous message across a synapse?

    <p>Arrival of the nervous message to the terminal bud</p> Signup and view all the answers

    After which step do neurotransmitters bind to their specific receptors on the post-synaptic membrane?

    <p>Exocytosis (release) of neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens after the neurotransmitters are removed by degradation in a synapse?

    <p>They are re-absorbed by the presynaptic neuron</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which location do synaptic vesicles containing neurotransmitters move towards in a synapse?

    <p>Presynaptic membrane</p> Signup and view all the answers

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