Derek has been asked to hand-deliver a message to Adeline. Adeline lives across the river from Derek, and there is no bridge. Derek's friends Hakeem, Geoff, and Rion have also been asked to carry messages across the river. The four friends agree that they will share a boat across the channel so they can deliver their messages. If we compare this scenario to neuron communication, we can say that the boat, which contained the messengers, is like a
A)vesicle.
B)neurotransmitter.
C)synapse.
D)receptor site.
E)neuromodulator.

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The boat in this scenario is analogous to a vesicle in neuron communication because it carries the messengers (analogous to neurotransmitters) across the river (analogous to the synaptic gap) to deliver a message, similar to how vesicles carry neurotransmitters across the synaptic gap to another neuron.

Derek Has Been Asked to Hand-Deliver a Message to Adeline