Why isn't an action potential transmitted from a postsynaptic membrane to a presynaptic terminal?
A) Presynaptic terminals have no acetylcholine receptors.
B) Presynaptic neurons do not have a resting membrane potential.
C) Acetylcholine can only diffuse in one direction across the synaptic cleft.
D) Synaptic vesicles in the postsynaptic membrane are inactive.
E) Acetylcholine is destroyed too fast.
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Q83: Gap junctions are functional _ synapses.
A)chemical
B)electrical
C)potential
D)intracellular
E)neuromuscular
Q84: Neurotransmitters are released from the
A)epineurium.
B)synaptic cleft.
C)presynaptic terminal.
D)postsynaptic
Q84: The junction between two neurons is a
Q88: The same neurotransmitter binds to a postsynaptic
Q89: A neuromodulator
A) acts as a neurotransmitter.
B) inactivates
Q90: When a neurotransmitter binds to its receptor
Q91: The function of acetylcholinesterase is to
A)open voltage-gated
Q92: Neurotransmitter is being released at a synapse.Which
Q99: Rapid removal or destruction of neurotransmitter in
Q100: Chemical synapses are characterized by
A) the release
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