Two ways that cells can communicate within the body are by synaptic communication or by endocrine communication. A difference between the two is:
- endocrine communication involves a chemical messenger whereas synaptic communication does not.
- the action caused by synaptic communication may persist for several hours whereas that caused by endocrine communication persists for several minutes
- endocrine communication controls cellular activities in distant tissues whereas synaptic communication affects the adjacent cell.
- synaptic communication occurs between adjacent cells whereas endocrine communication occurs between cells of the same tissue.
Medicine
C: A synapse is a communication between one cell and another adjacent cell, separated only by the synaptic cleft.
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