A Neuron That Is Not Connected to a Postsynaptic Cell

question 161

Multiple Choice

A neuron that is not connected to a postsynaptic cell will be unable to

• A) conduct a nerve impulse down its axon.
• B) receive a nerve impulse.
• C) undergo depolarization.
• D) receive nourishment from a glial cell.
• E) send a nerve impulse to another neuron.

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Definitions:

Electrically

Pertaining to or operated by electricity; involving, derived from, or related to electricity.

Ionization Potential

The minimum amount of energy required to remove the most loosely bound electron from an isolated neutral atom or molecule.

Voltage

An electrical measurement expressing the potential difference between two points, the driving force of electric current.

Electron

A subatomic particle with a negative electric charge, fundamental to electrical phenomena and components of atoms.