Figure 16.3 Using Figure 16.3, Match the Following

question 97

Multiple Choice

Figure 16.3
Using Figure 16.3, match the following:
-Hormones mimic sympathetic nervous system neurotransmitters.

• A)D
• B)A
• C)B

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Definitions:

Synaptic Cleft

The small gap between the presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons across which neurotransmitters are released to transmit signals.

Postsynaptic Cell

The neuron or cell that receives a signal (neurotransmitters) from another neuron at a synapse.

Neurotransmitter

Chemicals released by neurons at synapses, which transmit signals across a chemical synapse from one neuron to another neuron, muscle cell, or gland cell.

Inhibitory Local Potential

A type of synaptic potential that makes a postsynaptic neuron less likely to generate an action potential.