If the release of neurotransmitters was being broadcast over CNN,the reporter would say:
A) "The action potential is triggering an explosion, releasing the neurotransmitters into the synapse."
B) "The neurotransmitters have entered the axon through sodium channels."
C) "The resting potential is causing the cell body to release neurotransmitters."
D) "I have never seen so many neurotransmitters being released into the myelin sheath!"

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Option A accurately describes the process of neurotransmitter release, with the action potential triggering the vesicles to fuse with the presynaptic membrane and release the neurotransmitters into the synapse. Option B is incorrect because neurotransmitters are released from the end of the axon, not from within it. Option C is incorrect because the resting potential does not cause neurotransmitter release, but rather it is the depolarization of the presynaptic membrane that triggers it. Option D is also incorrect because neurotransmitters are not released into the myelin sheath, but rather into the synapse.

If the Release of Neurotransmitters Was Being Broadcast Over CNN,the