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Assertion:Electrical synapses are rare in our system.
Reason:Impulse transmission across an electrical synapse is slower than that across a chemical synapse.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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The correct Answer is:
C
Three are two types of stynapses, namely,electrical synapses and chemical synapses. At electrical synapses, the membranes of pre and post-synaptic neuons are in vey close proximity. Electrical current can flow directly form one neuron into the other across theses synapses. At a chemical synapse, the membranes of the pre and post-synatic neuron are sperated by a flud-filled space called neutransmitters are involved in the transmission across an electrical synapse is always faster than that across a chemical synapse. Electrical synapses are rare in our system.
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