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-action potential arrives at the axon terminal 

-voltage gated calcium ion channels open (due to the influx of sodium),

-calcium ions diffuse into the synaptic knob

-synaptic vesicles...

In every gene, a sequence of three nucleotide bases will code for an amino acids, many of which form a protein. Within the normal gene for haemoglobin, the sequence of bases will code to produce amino aci...

Diffusion is the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration down a concentration gradient. Lots of essential processes rely on this movement such as the diffu...