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COORDINATION : SYNAPSE

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the role of calcium ions during a synaptic transmission?

a)

Generate action potential

b)

Speed up the impulse transmission

c)

Depolarisation of the synaptic knob

d)

trigger the vesicles to move and fuse with the presynaptic membrane

2.

X is .....

a)

Na+

b)

Ca2+

c)

neurotransmitter

d)

K+

3.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the synapse?

a)

At the synapse, neurotransmitters are released at the postsynaptic membrane.

b)

At the synapse, chemical signals are converted into electrical signals.

c)

Small gap between neuron is called synaptic cleft

d)

Neurotransmitter binds to ligand-gated ion channel on post-synaptic membrane

4.

Which of the following is the event that happen at Q?

a)

Synaptic vesicle carrying acetylcholine fuses with the presynaptic membrane and releases the acetylcholine into the synaptic cleft.

b)

Acetylcholine molecules diffuse across the synaptic cleft

c)

Acetylcholine binds to the receptors on the presynaptic membrane.

d)

Acetylcholine is resynthesized

5.

Stucture that contain neurotransmitter is....

a)

B

b)

A

c)

D

d)

E

6.

Name an organelle which can be found in structure A.

a)

vesicle

b)

mitochondrion

c)

nucleus

d)

receptor

7.

Neurotransmitters are released from the

a)

Dendrites

b)

Post-synaptic neuron

c)

Presynaptic neuron

d)

Schwann Cells

8.

What is the chemical used by a neuron to transmit an impulse across a synapse to another nerve cell?

a)

Neurotransmitters

b)

Synapse

c)

Threshold

d)

Impulse

9.

What chemical is activated by the action potential in the presynaptic neuron that causes the vesicles containing neurotranmitters to move toward the synaptic cleft?

a)

calcium

b)

potassium

c)

sodium

d)

phosphorus

10.

Neurotransmitters are released from presynaptic membrane to synaptic cleft by process of

a)

Osmosis

b)

Diffusion

c)

Active transport

d)

Exocytosis