
Synaptic Transmission
Authored by Thomas Collins
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11th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The proper name for brain chemicals
Hormones
Neurons
Neurotransmitters
Synapse
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NGSS.HS-LS1-3
NGSS.HS-LS1-6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The name of the specialised gap between 2 neurons
Dendrites
Terminal buttons
Synaptic Vesicles
Synapse
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The part of the neuron which houses the neurotransmitters
Dendrites
Terminal buttons
Synaptic Vesicles
Synapse
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When the action potential travels down the axon it reaches which part of the neuron?
Dendrite
Cell body
Terminal body
Nucleus
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Type of synapse which decreases the chance of the next neuron firing
Inhibitory
Excitatory
Neurotransmitters
Neuron
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Type of synapse which increases the chance of the next neuron firing
Inhibitory
Excitatory
Neurotransmitters
Neuron
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When an action potential reaches the terminal button it causes...
vesicles to migrate towards and fuse with the cell membrane
neurotransmitter molecules to bind to the receptor sites on the postsynaptic cell
enzymes to breakdown leftover molecules of neurotransmitter in the synaptic cleft
chloride ions to flood into the postsynaptic cell
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