The vertebrate neuromuscular junction has often been used as a model for understanding the functioning of a synapse because it
A) involves only one neuron and one muscle cell.
B) operates in the same way as synapses in the brain do.
C) uses acetylcholine,the only well-understood neurotransmitter.
D) can be used to understand both chemical and electrical synapses.
E) has a measurable action potential,unlike neuron-to-neuron synapses.
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