The ________________ is a tiny space between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrite of an adjoining neuron.

Related MCQs

• _________________ are the tiny pouches or sacs in the axon terminals that contain chemicals called neurotransmitters.
• When the action potential reaches the axon ending, it causes tiny bubbles of chemicals called ____________________ to release their contents into the synaptic gap.
• ________________ is a brief electrical impulse by which information is transmitted along the axon of a neuron.
• When an action potential reaches the axon terminal, synaptic vesicles move toward the _____________________.
• ________________ 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.
• The optic nerve is composed of one axon fiber extending from each ___ cell in the retina.
• In many neurons the axon is covered by a sheath of fatty material known as _____________.
• The area where the axon connects to the soma is ______________.
• The surface of the axon contains hundreds of thousands of miniscule mechanisms called _______________.