A Neuron Cell Body Reaches Threshold and Depolarizes

question 22

Multiple Choice

A neuron cell body reaches threshold and depolarizes.The depolarization propagates down the length of the ____,is chemically transmitted across the ____,and directly affects the electrical potential in the ____ of the successive neuron.

• A) axon; synapse; dendrites
• B) dendrites; synapse; axon
• C) myelin; synapse; dendrites
• D) dendrites; receptor; axon

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Definitions:

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