answersLogoWhite

0

This gap is called the synaptic cleft.

User Avatar

Wiki User

8y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What is the junction called between 2 communicating neurons?

The junction between two communicating neurons is called a synapse. At the synapse, electrical signals called action potentials are converted into chemical signals in the form of neurotransmitters, which then travel across the synaptic cleft to relay the signal to the next neuron.


What is the gap between neurons referred as?

synapse


What does the synapse describe the gap between?

Two neurons


What gap is called into which the chemical is released?

A synaptic cleft is the gap into which a chemical is released.


What is the name of the gap between the transmitting and receiving neurons?

the gooch


What is the chemical secreted into the gap between neurons at the synapse?

The answer is NEUROTRANSMITTER.


What is the purpose of a synapse?

gap allows information to jump between neurons


Which chemical go across the gap between two neurons?

neurotransmitters


What is the chemical secreted into a gap between neurons at a synapse?

There is not just one chemical secreted into synapses (the gaps between neurons); instead, there are many chemicals secreted from the terminal buttons of neurons into the synapses. They are called "neurotransmitters."


What is the junction point between neurons?

A synapse is the junction or a point of close contact between two neurons.


What word is used to describe a gap between two neurones?

The term used to describe the gap between two neurons is synapse, or synaptic junction.


Where is the synaptic gap located?

The synaptic gap isn't a region of the brain itself, but a term used to describe the tiny space between an axon terminal and the axon or tissue it is communicating with; so synaptic gaps are spread right throughout both the central and peripheral nervous systems.