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, 1. What type of signal transmission in a synapse allows one-way transmission
from a presynaptic neuron to a postsynaptic neuron?
Action potential
Electrical transmission
Graded potential
Chemical transmission
2. What is the result of an excitatory postsynaptic
potential? Subthreshold postsynaptic potential
Repolarizing postsynaptic potential
Depolarizing postsynaptic potential
Hyperpolarizing postsynaptic potential
3. What type of receptor binds a neurotransmitter and causes the channel to open,
allowing cation flow?
Ionotropic
Synaptic
Chemical
Metabotropic
4. What is an example of a temporal
summation? Multiple signals coming from multiple
neurons Multiple signals coming from a single
neuron
Two signals coming from 2 separate
neurons A single signal coming from
multiple neurons
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, 5. Which of the following defines a
synapse? Junction between nuclei
Junction between RNA
Junction between neurons
Junction between DNA
Junction between
mitochondria
6. What is true about metabotropic
receptors? Most are activated by an ion
Most are voltage dependent
Most are de-activated by an
ion Most are G proteins
Most are ATP gated
7. What is NOT one mechanism of removing a neurotransmitter from the synaptic
cleft? Diffusion
Osmosis
Enzymatic
degradation Uptake
into cells
8. What are the two types of
synapses? Electrical and magnetic
Chemical and magnetic
Electrical and chemical
Chemical and physical
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