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misspop

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The chemical messengers of the nervous system are called ____.
 
  a. synapse
 b. hormones
 c. neurotransmitters
  d. neurobinders

Question 2

At the end of the branches of an axon are the ____, which look like small knobs.
 
  a. terminal buttons
  b. synapses
 c. nodes of Ranvier
  d. astrocytes



amcvicar

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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a



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