The neural impulse traveling down the axon is _______; it gets across the synapse by _______
a) electrical; remaining electrical but changing from positively charged to negatively charged
b) electrical; remaining electrical but changing from negatively charged to positively charged
c) electrical; being changed into a chemical message
d) chemical; being changed into an electrical message
ANS: C, Communication within one neuron is electrical, whereas communication between two neurons is chemical.
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