Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Control and coordination in mammals

Control and coordination in mammals — practice question

Fig. 1.1 shows a diagram of a sensory neurone. Fig. 1.2 shows a diagram of a presynaptic membrane with an opioid receptor.
(a)[4]

Using the letters A-F in Fig. 1.1, Identify: a receptor cell; a region where dendron membrane depolarisation occurs; a structure that makes a synapse with an intermediate neurone; a structure that enables rapid transmission of impulses.

(b)[4]

Opioid drugs can bind to opioid receptors in the presynaptic membrane of a cholinergic synapse. Opioid drugs affect the normal events that occur at a cholinergic synapse. Suggest and explain the effect that an opioid drug will have on the normal events that occur at a cholinergic synapse.

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