To what does the neural synapse refer?
a. Length of time it takes for afferent neu-rons to carry impulses to the central nervous system (CNS)
b. Length of time it takes for efferent neu-rons to carry impulses to the motor neu-rons
c. Space between the axons and the den-drites of a neuron
d. Space between the axons of one neuron and the dendrites of the next
D
Smooth, coordinated transmission must travel from one neuron to another across the neural syn-apse.
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