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Neurons have specialized projections called dendrites and axons. Dendrites bring information to the cell body and axons take information away from the cell body.
Information from one neuron flows to another neuron across a synapse. The synapse contains a small gap separating neurons. The synapse consists of:
1. a presynaptic ending that contains neurotransmitters, mitochondria and other cell organelles,
2. a postsynaptic ending that contains receptor sites for neurotransmitters and,
3. a synaptic cleft or space between the presynaptic and postsynaptic endings.
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What is the major function of neuron in nervous system?
i think the activitity of neoron is to pass the the information from one neuron to another neuron throuh electric signals and lastly it changes in to chemical when it reaches to the another neuron.
What molecule is released from synaptic vesicles and serves as the means of communication from one neuron to the next or from a neuron to an effector cell?
Neurotransmitter
A molecule that is released from synaptic vesicles and serves as the means of communication from one neuron to the next or from a neuron to an effector cell?
Neurotransmitter.
The space between one neuron and the next is a?
This area is referred to as the synaptic cleft. This area is bound by the end of one neuron (the terminal bouton) and the post-synaptic membrane of the next neuron. When an action potential reaches the terminal bouton, Ca2+ influx triggers the release of neurotransmitters across the cleft, which bind to receptors on the post-synaptic membrane, allowing for an post-synaptic excitatory potential (PSEP) to be formed in the next neuron.
What increases the amount of information a neuron can receive?
There are different types of receptors, which allow neurons to receive information. In nose you have chemoreceptors. In eyes you have photoreceptor. In the ears you have hair cells of different length, which resonates with sounds of different frequency. On the surface of the tongue you have again chemoreceptors. In the skin you have different types of receptors to give you information like heat, cold, pain, touch and vibration sense.
What is synapses?
A synapse is a small gap at the end of a neuron that allows information to pass from one neuron to the next.
What effect do neurotransmitter from one neuron have on the next neuron?
The neurotransmitters from one neuron have direct effect on the next neuron. They are channels that are used to transmit messages in the nerves.
What effects do neurotransmitters from the neuron have on the next neuron?
The neurotransmitters from one neuron have direct effect on the next neuron. They are channels that are used to transmit messages in the nerves.
What is the major function of neuron in nervous system?
i think the activitity of neoron is to pass the the information from one neuron to another neuron throuh electric signals and lastly it changes in to chemical when it reaches to the another neuron.
Does a synapse separates the axion end of one neuron to the dendrite end?
Yes, a synapse is the space (a VERY SMALL one!) between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites of the next neuron.
If an impulse traveled down one neuron but failed to move on to the next neuron what happened to the first neuron?
Vesicle are not fusing with the membrane and releasing neurotransmitter.
Which part of the neuron transmits information to other cells?
The end of one neuron, the presynaptic button, sends messages to other cells by releasing neurotransmitters (chemical messengers) into the synaptic cleft (a small space between two neurons). The other cell, whether it be a neuron, a muscle, a sweat gland, etc., will receive this message at the post synaptic membrane of its cell, and will respond accordingly.
What molecule is released from synaptic vesicles and serves as the means of communication from one neuron to the next or from a neuron to an effector cell?
Neurotransmitter
A molecule that is released from synaptic vesicles and serves as the means of communication from one neuron to the next or from a neuron to an effector cell?
Neurotransmitter.
What is the space between one neuron and the next is?
It's called synapse
Why is a neuron called an interneuron?
A neuron is called a inter-neuron because that specific neuron takes impulse from one neuron to a next neuron. For example your sensory neuron sends a impulse that you had felt a hot object. It goes through the spine to a inter-neuron to a motor neuron (this processes is called a reflex). Then the motor neuron tells your muscles in your hand to move
How does a message travel from one neuron to the next?
It travels from the brain to the Spinal Cord.
