Question

What is the fluid-filled space known as in chemical synapses?

(a) Synaptic cleft

(b) Gap junctions

(c) Synapse

(d) Synaptic vesicles

I got this question by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

Query is from Human Neural System topic in section Neural Control and Coordination of Biology – Class 11

Answer 1

Correct option is (a) Synaptic cleft

Best explanation: At a chemical synapse, the membranes of the pre-and post-synaptic neurons are separated by a fluid-filled space called the synaptic cleft. Chemicals called neurotransmitters are involved in the transmission of impulse at these synapses.