Synapses

• Synapse


  Junction between synaptic terminal and another cell
• Types of Synapses


  • Electrical
  • Chemical
• Electrical Synapses


  • Current flows directly from cell to cell
  • Less common
• Chemical Synapses


  • Involve neurotransmitters
  • Most synapses
• Major components of Chemical Synapses

  • Presynaptic cells
  • Synaptic cleft
  • Postsynaptic cell