NEET Zoology Synaptic Transmission MCQ Question
If the transmission speed of an impulse across an electrical synapse is 5 times faster than that across a chemical synapse, and the chemical synapse takes 5 milliseconds for transmission, what is the transmission time across the electrical synapse?
1 millisecond
10 milliseconds
25 milliseconds
0.5 milliseconds
Correct Answer
Detailed Explanation
The NCERT context states that impulse transmission across an electrical synapse is faster than a chemical synapse. Given the chemical synapse takes 5 ms, the electrical synapse, being 5 times faster, would take 5 ms / 5 = 1 ms.
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