While you are taking a walk through a park,you notice that there is a small pond that has a bunch of lily pads in it.As you stand watching,a frog comes along and hops quickly from one end of the pond to the other by hitting a series of lily pads in a row.After this takes place,you start to think to yourself "That is just like a neuron,when the action potential jumps from one __________ to another."
A) synaptic cleft
B) dendrite
C) node of Ranvier
D) soma

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The frog hopping from one lily pad to another is similar to how the action potential jumps from one node of Ranvier to another along the axon of a neuron. The synaptic cleft is the small gap between neurons where neurotransmitters are released, dendrites receive signals from other neurons, and the soma is the cell body of the neuron.

While You Are Taking a Walk Through a Park,you Notice