Which statement most accurately describes the process of synaptic transmission?
A) As depolarization progresses the firing threshold is reached and an action potential occurs.
B) Synaptic vesicles secrete neurotransmitters which diffuse over to the receptor sites on the dendrites of another neuron.
C) After firing potassium ions rush out of the neural membrane in a process called repolarization.
D) The action potential jumps from one node to the next until it reaches the terminal buttons.
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Q5: An action potential is
A)the tiny electrical
Q17: Neurotransmitters are secreted from the
A)myelin sheath.
B)terminal
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Q64: If IPSP's did not exist,
A) it would
Q65: Neurotransmitters are stored in
A) mitochondria.
B) synaptic vesicles.
C)
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