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Chemical synapses are specialized junctions through which neurons signal to each other and to non-neuronal cells such as those in muscles or glands. Chemical synapses allow neurons to form interconnected circuits within the central nervous system. They are thus crucial to the biological computations that underlie perception and thought. They provide the means through which the nervous system connects to and controls the other systems of the body, for example the specialized synapse between a motor neuron and a muscle cell is called a neuromuscular junction. The adult human brain has been estimated to contain from 1014 to 5 × 1014 (100-500 trillion) synapses.[citation needed] The word "synapse" comes from "synaptein", which Sir Charles Scott Sherrington and colleagues coined from the Greek "syn-" ("together") and "haptein" ("to clasp"). Chemical synapses are not the only type of biological synapse: electrical and immunological synapses exist as well. Without a qualifier, however, "synapse" commonly refers to a chemical synapse. Wikipedia
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Space between nerve cells is called?
The space between nerve cells is called a synapse. It is the junction where electrical signals are transmitted from one nerve cell to another through neurotransmitter molecules.
What releases neurotransmitters into the synapse?
Neurotransmitters are released into the synapse by the presynaptic neuron.
What neuron is before a synapse?
The synapse consists of the two neurons, one of which is sending information to the other. The sending neuron is known as the pre-synaptic neuron (i.e. before the synapse) while the receiving neuron is known as the post-synaptic neuron (i.e. after the synapse).
What is the point where two nerve processes meet?
The point where two nerve processes meet is called a synapse. At the synapse, a chemical or electrical signal is transmitted from one neuron to another, allowing for communication between nerve cells in the nervous system.
What is the small space between one neuron and the next is called?
A synapse, chemical signals called neurotransmitters cross these gaps, carrying on the signal.
What is the place where one neuron communicates with another?
The synapse.
What is the place where an axon terminal meets another cell?
"synapse"
What is the place where a neuron communicate with a muscle fiber or gland or another neuron?
synapse
What is the junction point between neurons?
A synapse is the junction or a point of close contact between two neurons.
What is rueptake?
The process by which a presynaptic nerve cell takes neurotransmitter out of the synapse and recycles it to prevent too much signaling.
What is the space between two adjacent nerve cells?
its known as the synapse. Through the synapse is where impulses travel from brain cell to brain cell.
What is the name of the region where two neurons are in done contact is known as?
synapse is that junction through which impulse can be transmitted from one neuron to another.
What is the plural of synapse?
The plural of synapse is synapses.
Neurons connect together at a?
Synapse Synapse
What is the connection between neurons called?
A synapse.
What is sentence with the synapse?
A synapse is the gap between a neuron.
What type of synapse uses neurotransmitter?
Chemical Synapse
