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TRANSMISSION OF IMPULSE

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the gap between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrite of the next neuron called?
a)
Synapse
b)
Node of Ranvier
c)
Joint
d)
Neuromuscular Junction
2.

The transmission of information across the synaptic cleft involves conversion of the electrical impulse to a chemical impulse and is in (a)   direction only.

3.
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
4.

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

5.

Neurotransmitters are released from the

a)

Dendrites

b)

Post-synaptic neuron

c)

Presynaptic neuron

d)

Schwann Cells

6.

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

7.

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

a)

Osmosis

b)

Diffusion

c)

Active transport

d)

Exocytosis

8.
What generates a nerve impulse on the post-synaptic membrane? 
a)
Calcium binding with a receptor site
b)
Potassium leaking into the post-synaptic membrane 
c)
Neurotransmitter binding with receptor sites
d)
Neurotransmitter being removed from the synapse
9.

'B' in the figure is an example of

a)

thermo-sensitive channel

b)

voltage-gated channel

c)

mechano-gated channel

d)

ligand-gated channel

10.

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)

Fusion of the neurotransmitter vesicles to the presynaptic membrane