Synapses

Question 0

What are synapses between motor nerves and muscle cells?

Answer 0

Motor-end-plates or myoneural junctions

Question 1

What is a synapses ?

Answer 1

Connections or relay points between nerve and other nerves, between nerves and muscles, between nerves and glands, and even between nerves and capillaries

Question 2

What is the function of a synapse?

Answer 2

To change the electrical activity of the targeted cell so it will fire more or less easily

Question 3

What are the two forms of synapses?

Answer 3

1) chemical

2) electrical

Question 4

What are chemical synapses?

Answer 4

They contain a transmitter substance which has been synthesized in the presynaptic nerve cell body, packaged in membrane vesicles and transported to the nerve endings

Question 5

How many directions can a chemical synapse go in?

Answer 5

One

Question 6

What are the three different things chemical synapses move too?

Answer 6

1) nerve to nerve (brain)
2) motor nerve to muscle
3) neruosecretory nerve to capillary