BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
THE NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS
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to another axon terminal
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to the brain
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to the dendrites of another neuron
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Synapse – The junction between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of another, through which the two neurons communicate.
Detailed explanation-2: -When a nerve impulse arrives at the end of the axon, neurotransmitters are released and travel to the dendrite of another neuron, carrying the nerve impulse from one neuron to the next.
Detailed explanation-3: -Neurons communicate with one another at junctions called synapses. At a synapse, one neuron sends a message to a target neuron-another cell. Most synapses are chemical; these synapses communicate using chemical messengers.
Detailed explanation-4: -When the nerve impulse reaches the axon terminal it causes the axon terminal to release a neurotransmitter into the synapse. The synapse is the gap between the axon terminals and the next cell. A neurotransmitter is a chemical that is used to transmit an impulse to another cell.
Detailed explanation-5: -Impulse enters a neuron through the dendrites. The information acquired at the end of the dendritic tip of a nerve cell sets off a chemical reaction that sends the impulse to the cell body where it is processed. From the cell body, the impulse moves into the axon and then to the axonal ends.