The Nervous System, Part 3 - Synapses!: Crash Course A&P #10
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What’s 1000 times thinner than a piece of paper, more numerous in you than grains of sand on a beach, and proof that the smallest things can sometimes be the most powerful? I’m talking about the synapse -- the meeting point between two neurons. If your neurons form the structure of your nervous system, then your synapses -- the tiny communication links between them -- are what turn that structure into an actual system. Because, as great and powerful as your neurons are, when it comes down to it, their strength and their purpose lies in their connections. A single neuron in isolation might as well not exist if it doesn’t have someone to listen or talk to. The word “synapse” comes from the Greek for “to clasp or join.” It’s basically a junction or a...
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What’s 1000 times thinner than a piece of paper, more numerous in you than grains of sand on a beach, and proof that the smallest things can sometimes be the most powerful? I’m talking about the synapse -- the meeting point between two neurons. If your neurons form the structure of your nervous system, then your synapses -- the tiny communication links between them -- are what turn that structure into an actual system. Because, as great and powerful as your neurons are, when it comes down to it, their strength and their purpose lies in their connections. A single neuron in isolation might as well not exist if it doesn’t have someone to listen or talk to. The word “synapse” comes from the Greek for “to clasp or join.” It’s basically a junction or a...
