The synaptic cleft is most accurately described as
A)a deep furrow in a postsynaptic cell where signals are received.
B)specialized channels in the presynaptic membrane that allow the passage of ions.
C)the narrow extracellular space between the presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons at the synapse.
D)recesses in the postsynaptic neuron membrane where neurotransmitters binD.
E)the area of neuronal membrane between the dendrites and the axon hillock.

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The synaptic cleft is the narrow extracellular space between the presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons at the synapse. It is the space where neurotransmitters are released by the presynaptic neuron and received by receptors on the postsynaptic neuron.

The Synaptic Cleft Is Most Accurately Described as