The junction where the axon of a sending neuron communicates with a receiving neuron is called the ______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. The junction where the axon of a sending neuron communicates with a receiving neuron is called the___________?

   A. Reuptake site
   B. Receptor site
   C. Synapse
   D. Axon terminal
   E. None of these

2. The action potential ‘jumps’ along an axon. The gaps in a myelinated axon that the action potential ‘jumps’ to are called the ____________?

   A. Broca’s area
   B. Nodes of Ranvier
   C. terminal buttons
   D. Wernicke’s area

3. During depolarization,____________ molecules rush into axon, during depolarization_____________ molecules rush out of the axon?

   A. potassium, chloride
   B. chloride, sodium
   C. sodium, potassium
   D. None of these

4. A brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of neuron is called the:

   A. synapse
   B. myelin sheath
   C. refractory period
   D. action potential

5. Which part of the neuron release transmitters onto receiving cells?

   A. axon terminals
   B. dendrites
   C. glia
   D. action potentials

6. The part of the neuron that specializes in receiving massages from other neurons is the:

   A. axon
   B. myelin
   C. axon terminal
   D. dendrite

7. The fatty material protecting the axon in some neurons is called a/an _____________?

   A. dendrite
   B. myelin sheath
   C. ganglion
   D. axon terminal

8. The conduction of a nerve impulse down the axon is called a (n):

   A. ion potential
   B. action potential
   C. resting discharge
   D. synapse

9. The fact that, during neural transmission, an impulse is sent to the end of the axon without fading or weakening is known as ___________?

   A. stimulus constancy
   B. absolute threshold retention
   C. nondecremental property
   D. all-or-none property

10. The cell body of a neuron is also called the:

    A. dendrite
    B. axon
    C. myelin
    D. soma