Which Statement About Chemical Synapses Is False

question 60

Multiple Choice

Which statement about chemical synapses is false?

• A) At chemical synapses, action potentials in the axon terminal of a presynaptic neuron cause the release of neurotransmitters.
• B) At chemical synapses, target cells can be other neurons, muscle cells, or secretory cells.
• C) Unlike electrical synapses in which action potentials pass directly between two neurons, chemical synapses rely on neurotransmitters to pass information from a presynaptic neuron to a postsynaptic (target) cell.
• D) At a chemical synapse, the binding of neurotransmitter to its receptor always excites the postsynaptic (target) cell.
• E) At a chemical synapse, neurotransmitters diffuse across the synaptic cleft (space) and bind to receptors on the postsynaptic (target) cell.

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