Author Question: Neurons communicate across the synapse by means of neurotransmitters, which bind to special proteins ... (Read 108 times)

rlane42 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

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