Nerve conduction - Synapse

Question 1

Presynaptic

Answer 1

conduct impulses toward the synapse

Question 2

Postsynaptic

Answer 2

transmitting the electrical signal away from the synapse - does not create AP

Question 3

Transmitter substances attach to what?

Answer 3

A binding site on the postsynaptic membrane - lock and key. TS will only attach to bindingsites specific for it. It will accept and be activated only by a TS that it is specific for and is specific for it.

Question 4

What is the name for any substance that attaches to a binding site?

Answer 4

Ligan (poison, drugs, etc.)

Question 5

What is synapse?

Answer 5

a junction between two nerve cells, consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter.

Question 6

Where can synapses occur?

Answer 6

• Dendrites - axodendritic
• Soma - axosomatic
• Axon - axoaxonic

Question 7

What is the primary structures of synapse?

Answer 7

• presynaptic membrane
• postsynaptic membrane
• synaptic cleft

Question 8

What are in terminal buttons?

Answer 8

Synaptic vesicles

Question 9

Tell me about synaptic vesicles

Answer 9

• small sv contain neurotransmitter

- are produced in the soma and transported to button by microtubules or recycled in the button