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Neurons communicate across the synapse by means of neurotransmitters, which bind to special proteins on the postsynaptic membrane, like a key fitting into a lock. In this analogy, the neurotransmitter is the key and the ____ is the lock.
 
  a. neural receptor
  b. axon
  c. postsynaptic potential
  d. dendrite

Question 2

A neuron evokes the action potential of another neuron by releasing ____ into the synapse before they fit into the ____ of the other neuron.
 
  a. neural receptors; neurotransmitters
  b. neurotransmitters; neural receptors
  c. dendrites; axon
  d. axons; dendrites



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Answer to Question 1

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rlane42

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
:D TYSM


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Gracias!

 

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