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


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