Statement A : The chemical stored in the synaptic vesicles are termed as neurotransmitters.
Statement B : Synaptic vesicles release these chemicals in the synaptic cleft.

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Both statement A and statement B are correct.

Both statement A and statement B are incorrect.

Statement A is correct but statement B is incorrect.

Statement B is correct but statement A is incorrect.

answer is A.

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Chemicals called neurotransmitters are involved in the transmission of impulses at these synapses. The axon terminals contain vesicles filled with these neurotransmitters. When an impulse (action potential) arrives at the axon terminal, it stimulates the movement of the synaptic vesicles towards the membrane where they fuse with the plasma membrane and release their neurotransmitters in the synaptic cleft.

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