BIOLOGY
BIOLOGY
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ISBN: 9781260169614
Author: Raven
Publisher: RENT MCG
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Chapter 42.3, Problem 1LO
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To distinguish: Electrical and chemical synapses.

Introduction: A synapse in the nervous system is a structure that allows a nerve cell or neuron to transmit an electrical or chemical signal to another neuron (target effector cell). Synapses are present at the end of an axon. There are two types of synapses, namely electrical and chemical synapses.

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