Synaptic Transmission

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  • What is a synaptic cleft? 

    where the neurons do not touch and is separated by a narrow gap
  • What is the presynaptic neurone? 

    the axon terminal membrane of the neuron carrying the impulse to the synapse.
  • What is postsynaptic membrane?
    the membrane of the cell body or dendrite or the neuron carrying the impulse away from the synapse.
  • What are neurotransmitter?
    they are the chemical molecules used by the nervous system to transmit messages between neurons, or from neurons to muscles
  • What is the axon terminal?
    When the nerve impulse reaches the dendrites at the end of one axon.
  • What does the threshold level mean?
    the point at which increasing stimuli trigger the generation of an electrical impulse.
  • What does a reflect arc need?
    Atleast two neurones