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tiara099

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Action potentials are generated at the _______ and are conducted along the _______.
 
  a. axon hillock; axon
  b. axon; dendrite
  c. terminal buttons; dendrite
  d. dendrite; glial membrane
  e. axon button; glial membrane

Question 2

After a vesicle fuses with the presynaptic membrane and releases its contents into the synaptic cleft, the membrane is
 
  a. destroyed by astrocytes.
  b. incorporated into the postsynaptic membrane.
  c. recycled to form new vesicles.
  d. degraded and the debris removed from the axon terminal.
  e. incorporated into the mitochondria.


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mcomstock09

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: a. axon hillock; axon

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c. recycled to form new vesicles.


tiara099

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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