Synapse

Question 1

vesicles

Answer 1

contains neurotransmitters

Question 2

neurotransmitters

Answer 2

chemicals released from vesciles sending messages across synaptic cleft

Question 3

synaptic cleft

Answer 3

gap between 2 neurons

Question 4

what does the synapse consist of

Answer 4

presynaptic neuron:
- vesciles
- axon
- neurotransmitters
- synaptic cleft
post synaptic neuron
- dendrite
- receptors

Question 5

6 step process of synaptic transmission

Answer 5

1. electrical impulse down axon to terminal button at presynaptic. triggers vesciles mvoe to end of terminal button
2. release neurotransmitters into synaptic cleft
3. neurotransmitters diffuse across synptic cleft to post synaptic
4. neurotransmitter attaches to next neuron at post synaptic receptor sites
5. chemical message turned back into eletrical to travel down postsynaptic
6. neurotransmitters left in synaptic cleft broken down by enzymes + reabsorbed by presynaptic neuron for reuptake process