When you turn on your carâs heater, the hot coolant flows from the engine to the heater core, which is located inside the carâs dash. A fan (the same one used by the air conditioner) blows air through the heater core, with the heated air then passing through the carâs vents and warming the interior. The Controls.
presynaptic neuron. Definitions: 1. a neuron from the axon terminal of which an electrical impulse is transmitted across a synaptic cleft to the cell body or one or more dendrites of a postsynaptic neuron by the release of a chemical neurotransmitter.The definition information for presynaptic neuron is provided by Stedman's.You can search our medical dictionary here. Stedman's, part of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, provides a comprehensive line of health-science publications for healthcare professionals and medical students.he definition information for presynaptic neuron is provided by Stedman's. You can search our medical dictionary here. Stedman's, part of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, provides a comprehensive line of health-science publications for healthcare professionals and medical students.
Unlike wires in your home, nerve cells do not touch, but come close together at synapses. At the synapse, the two nerve cells are separated by a tiny gap, or synaptic cleft. The sending neuron is called the presynaptic cell, while the receiving one is called the postsynaptic cell.Nerve cells send chemical messages with neurotransmitters in a one-way direction across the synapse from presynaptic cell to postsynaptic cell. Some get taken up by specific transporters on the presynaptic cell (reuptake). 2  In the presynaptic cell, MAO and COMT destroy the absorbed serotonin molecules. 3  This enables the nerve signal to be turned off and readies the synapse to receive another action potential.