________________ is a brief electrical impulse by which information is transmitted along the axon of a neuron.

Related MCQs

• The ________________ is a tiny space between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrite of an adjoining neuron.
• Within the neuron, information is communicated in the form of brief electrical messages called _______________.
• ________________ is the process by which neurotransmitter molecules detach from a postsynaptic neuron and are reabsorbed by the presynaptic neuron so they can be recycled and used again.
• Within the axons of the neuron are _________________, which are held in storage-like vesicles until they are released when the neuron is stimulated.
• When the ___________________is too large to be jumped by the neural impulse, the signal/information must be passed using chemicals as neurotransmitters instead of electrical currents.
• The ______________ is the most basic signal in the nervous system which consists of a rapidly moving wave of depolarization that travels along the membrane of the individual neuron.
• ______________neurons communicate information from one neuron to the next.
• The _______________ bundle of neuron axons that carries information in the peripheral nervous system.
• The optic nerve is composed of one axon fiber extending from each ___ cell in the retina.
• _________________ are the tiny pouches or sacs in the axon terminals that contain chemicals called neurotransmitters.