Peripheral Nervous System

Question 1

Axoaxonic synapse

Answer 1

Synapses made by one neuron onto synapse of another

Question 2

Axodendritic synapse

Answer 2

Synapses that one neuron makes onto the dendrite of another neuron

Question 3

Axosomatic synapse

Answer 3

Synapses that are made onto soma or cell body of a neuron

Question 4

Synaptic transmission steps:

Answer 4

Action potential invades pre synaptic terminal

Depolarisation opens ca Channels

Ca rise triggers vesicle release

Question 5

What is the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?

Answer 5

consists of nerves and ganglia outside the brain and spinal cord.

relay sensory information from the body to the central nervous system (CNS) and transmit motor commands from the CNS to muscles and glands.