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The Synapse
The relations between two neurons are of the nature of contact rather than complete structural continuity. This junction of two neurons is called a synapse.The synapse may be defined as a point of contact of the cell membrane (plasma membrane) of an axon terminal with the cell membrane of another neuron. The synapse may be between the axon termination of one neuron and the cell body of another (axo-somatic synapse) or it may be between the axon terminals and the dendrites of another neuron (axo-dendritic synapse). In the CNS, interwoven telodendria of Axon and dentrite arborization forms a dense feltwork of fibres which termed neuropli.
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