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.

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The boat carrying the messengers across the river can be compared to a vesicle in neuron communication. Just as a vesicle carries neurotransmitters across the synapse, the boat carries the messengers across the river.

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