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An empty space across which neurotransmitter diffuses from the axon terminal to the dendrite of the next neuron OR a receptor on a muscle cell.
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Synapse
An empty space across which neurotransmitter diffuses from the axon terminal to the dendrite of the next neuron OR a receptor on a muscle cell.
Neurotransmitter
A protein that is released from the axon terminal and diffuses across the synapse to transmit a nerve signal to another neuron or a muscle cell.
Neuron
A nerve cell; the basic type of cell in the nervous system.
Venom
A protein that can affect the neurotransmission between two neurons.
Presynaptic
All of the structures before the synapse; on the axon terminal part of a neuron.