Match the following:
A) Spatial summation
B) Threshold stimulus
C) Subthreshold stimulus
D) Temporal summation
1) Numerous nerve impulses arriving at a synapse at closely timed intervals exert a cumulative effect.
2) Stimulation of a postsynaptic neuron by many terminals at the same time.
3) An insufficient stimulus.
4) Any stimulus below this intensity will result in no response in a neuron.
1) D Temporal summation
2) A Spatial summation
3) C Subthreshold stimulus
4) B Threshold stimulus
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