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A chemical synapse is a specialized junction that allows communication between neurons or between a neuron and another type of cell, such as a muscle cell. It involves the release of neurotransmitters from the presynaptic neuron, which diffuse across the synaptic cleft and bind to receptors on the postsynaptic cell, triggering a response. This process is crucial for the transmission of signals in the nervous system, enabling a wide range of physiological functions. Unlike electrical synapses, chemical synapses allow for more complex and modulated signaling.
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What type of synapse uses neurotransmitter?
Chemical Synapse
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.
How does the impulse jump the synapse?
Chemical diffusion
What is the role of neurotransmitter at a chemical synapse?
exocytosis
What type of chemicals moves across the space between two nerve cells?
chemical synapse
Which type of synapse dominates the nervous system?
Chemical
Why do chemical messengers get information from synapse?
They act as an active "bridge".
What is the chemical secreted into the gap between neurons at the synapse?
The answer is NEUROTRANSMITTER.
What is the relationship between a synapse and neurotransmitter?
Chemical synapses are specialized junctions through which neurons signal to each other and to non-neuronal cells such as those in muscles or glands. At a chemical synapse, one neuron releases a neurotransmitter into a small space (the synapse) that is adjacent to another neuron.
What are neurontransmitters?
a chemical that transmits a nervous systems signal across a synapse.
What is the space that impulses jump across by means of a transmitting chemical?
synapse
How do impulses cross synapse between neurons?
By a chemical released by an axon.
