Synaptic Transmission- Process

Question 1

1

Answer 1

Action potentials arrive at the axon terminal

Question 2

2

Answer 2

Voltage-gated calcium channels open

Question 3

3

Answer 3

Calcium enters the cell

Question 4

4

Answer 4

Calcium signals to vesicles

Question 5

5

Answer 5

Vesicles move to the membrane

Question 6

6

Answer 6

Docked vesicles release neurotransmitters by exocytosis

Question 7

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Answer 7

Neurotransmitter diffuses across the synaptic cleft and binds to receptors