Which of the Following Correctly Describes Divergence

question 86

Multiple Choice

Which of the following correctly describes divergence?

• A)Thousands of synapses from many presynaptic neurons end on a single postsynaptic cell.
• B)The dendrites diverge from the cell body to contact as many presynaptic neurons as possible.
• C) The action potential initiated in the axon diminishes as it diverges into the axon terminals.
• D) The axon of a nerve cell branches to synapse with many other cells, so that activity in one neuron influences the excitability of many other cells.
• For the following questions, assume a hypothetical postsynaptic neuron has three presynaptic inputs: X, Y, and Z. Also assume that presynaptic neurons Y and Z are excitatory.

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