Section 11.2

Question 1

Synapse

Answer 1

It’s like a bridge between neurons or between a neuron and a body part that helps them communicate.

Question 2

Chemical Synapse:

Answer 2

A specific type of bridge where a chemical messenger helps the signals cross from one cell to another.

Question 3

Neurotransmitter

Answer 3

It’s the chemical messenger that travels from one cell to another, making the signal go from one place to the next.

Question 4

Synaptic Cleft:

Answer 4

The small gap between the cells at a chemical bridge where the neurotransmitter moves across.

Question 5

electrical synapse

Answer 5

a synapse in which the presynaptic cell makes direct contact with the postsynaptic cell, allowing current to flow via gap junctions between the cells

Question 6

membrane potential

Answer 6

the electrical potential of a membrane, which is caused by an imbalance of charges on either side of the membrane