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Provide one word for the following:

Point of contact between two nerve cells.


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Nerve cells

  1. Nerve cells are also called neurons they are the functional units of the nervous system.
  2. The synapse is the point of contact between two nerve cells.
  3. It is a gap where the electrical impulses are transmitted from one nerve cell to the next nerve cell by releasing neurotransmitters.

Final answer

The point of contact between two nerve cells is the synapse.


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