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A. How long does it take a nerve signal to cross a synapse? You can assume that the synaptic fluid is essentially water.
B. What is the speed of transmission, in m/s?

Transcribed Image Text:A nerve impulse is propagated across a synapse
when the neurotransmitter acetylcholine is released
from the pre-synaptic membrane and diffuses across
the 20-nm wide synaptic cleft to the post-synaptic
membrane.
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