Synapses

A junction at which a neuron meets another cell.

• Synapse

• Dendrite

• Axon

• Sodium-potassium pump

The neuron receiving the nerve impulse.

• Presynaptic

• Postsynaptic

• Inhibition

• Excitation

The neuron transmitting the nerve impulse.

• Presynaptic

• Postsynaptic

• Inhibition

• Excitation

What's in the picture?

• synaptic vesicles

• neurotransmitters

• presynaptic neuron

• postsynaptic neuron

• synaptic cleft

What's in the picture?

• synaptic vesicles

• neurotransmitters

• presynaptic neuron

• postsynaptic neuron

• synaptic cleft

What's in the picture?

• synaptic vesicles

• neurotransmitters

• presynaptic neuron

• postsynaptic neuron

• synaptic cleft

What's in the picture?

• synaptic vesicles

• neurotransmitters

• presynaptic neuron

• postsynaptic neuron

• synaptic cleft

What's in the picture?

• synaptic vesicles

• neurotransmitters

• presynaptic neuron

• postsynaptic neuron

• synaptic cleft

Chemicals released into a cleft when an action potential reaches the terminal are called.....

• ligand gated ion channels

• synaptic vesicles

• neurotransmitters

• voltage gated ion channels

Which pattern shows how signals are transmitted from the presynaptic neuron to the post synaptic neuron

• electrical --> electrical

• electrical --> chemical

• chemical --> electrical --> chemical

• electrical --> chemical --> electrical