Which Statement Is NOT True of Synapses

question 72

Multiple Choice

Which statement is NOT true of synapses?

• A)The presynaptic membrane is part of an axon.
• B)Some synapses are inhibitory,and magnify the impulse.
• C)The postsynaptic membrane has receptor sites for the neurotransmitter.
• D)Each neurotransmitter has its own inactivator.

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Definitions:

Shear Zone

A region of the Earth's crust where rocks have been subjected to differential stress causing them to deform via shearing.

Pluton

A body of intrusive igneous rock that crystallized from magma cooling below the Earth's surface; can range in size from small to massive.

Terranes

Pieces of the Earth's crust that have distinct geological histories and have been merged onto a continent along a plate boundary.

Accretionary Prism

A wedge-shaped mass of sediment and rock scraped off the top of a downgoing tectonic plate at a convergent plate boundary.