Synapse Communication

What is another name for a nerve cell?

• Axon

• Dendron

• Neuron

• Schwann cell

What is the region where nerve cells meet called?

• Synapse

• Cleft

• Junction

• Axon terminal

Another name for a nerve impulse is

• Electrical signal

• Action potential

• Neurotransmitter

• Axon terminal

If Cell 1 is a receptor and Cell 2 is a cell in the CNS, then a nerve impulse passes from the

• Dendrites of Cell 1 to the axon terminals of Cell 2

• Axon terminals of Cell 1 to the dendrites of Cell 2

• Dendrites of Cell 2 to the axon terminals of Cell 1

• Axon terminals of Cell 2 to the dendrites of Cell 1

Which letter represents a neurotransmitter?

Which letter represents a vesicle?

Which letter represents a neurotransmitter receptor?

Which letter represents a voltage-gated calcium channel?

Which number represents the post-synaptic membrane?

Which number represents the pre-synaptic membrane?