Science Question on Animals – Nervous System

Question

The gap between two neurons is called a

Answer 1

Solution

The gap between two neurons is called a synapse.

The neuron serves as the fundamental unit of the nervous system, encompassing structural components such as dendrites, axon, and soma. Dendrites, small extensions of nerve cells, receive signals from sensory receptors or other neurons.

The axon, an elongated extension of the nerve cell body, conducts nerve impulses away from the cell body. Neurons are not physically connected; instead, the synapse serves as the junction where two neurons are closely linked to facilitate the transmission of information from one neuron to the next.

The synaptic cleft is the extracellular space between two neurons. The nerve impulse is an all-or-none response of nerve fibers, characterized by a wave of polarity change in the neuron membrane resulting from the movement of ions across the membrane.