Question 6
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What goes into the axon terminal?
Calcium releases neurotransmitters
What isthe name for a neuron that tells a muscle cell to contract?
Motor neuron
What happens at the end of the neuron when the signal arrives?
Positive ions open calcium channels
What is action potential?
electrical signal traveling from brain/spinal cord along axons
How is a muscle stimulated to contract?
Neuron must tell muscle to contract
neuromuscular junction
point of contact between a motor neuron and a skeletal muscle cell
What must happen in a neuron before it can communicate?
Action potential
