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Define synapse...... Biology​

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In the nervous system, a synapse is a structure that permits a neuron (or nerve cell) to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another neuron or to the target effector cell.

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ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇʀᴠᴏᴜꜱ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍ, ᴀ ꜱʏɴᴀᴘꜱᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴇʀᴍɪᴛꜱ ᴀ ɴᴇᴜʀᴏɴ (ᴏʀ ɴᴇʀᴠᴇ ᴄᴇʟʟ) ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀꜱꜱ ᴀɴ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀɪᴄᴀʟ ᴏʀ ᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟ ꜱɪɢɴᴀʟ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ɴᴇᴜʀᴏɴ ᴏʀ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴀʀɢᴇᴛ ᴇꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛᴏʀ ᴄᴇʟʟ.

ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʏɴᴀᴘꜱᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱꜰᴇʀ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀɪᴄ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ (ɪɴꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ) ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴏɴᴇ ᴄᴇʟʟ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱꜰᴇʀ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɴᴇʀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ɴᴇʀᴠᴇ (ɴᴇᴜʀᴏ-ɴᴇᴜʀᴏ), ᴏʀ ɴᴇʀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴜꜱᴄʟᴇ (ɴᴇᴜʀᴏ-ᴍʏᴏ). ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇɢɪᴏɴ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇ- ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴏꜱᴛꜱʏɴᴀᴘᴛɪᴄ ᴍᴇᴍʙʀᴀɴᴇ ɪꜱ ᴠᴇʀʏ ɴᴀʀʀᴏᴡ, ᴏɴʟʏ 30-50 ɴᴍ.

Different Types of Synapses ...

☆Excitatory Ion Channel Synapses. These synapses have neuroreceptors that are sodium channels. ...

☆Inhibitory Ion Channel Synapses. These synapses have neuroreceptors that are chloride channels. ...

☆Non Channel Synapses. ...

☆Neuromuscular Junctions. ...

☆Electrical Synapses.

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