What is the function of the synapse? It allows information to go from one neuron to another through neurotransmitters. It allows the nerve impulse to travel within the neuron due to neurotransmitters. It allows the cell body to regulate the activities of the neuron. It allows faster transmission of information through the neuron.

Female luna moths (actias luna) attract males by emitting chemical signals that spread through the air. a male hundreds of meters away can detect these molecules and fly toward their source. the sensory organs responsible for this behavior are the comblike antennae visible in the photograph shown here. each filament of an antenna is equipped with thousands of receptor cells that detect the sex attractant. based on what you learned in this chapter, propose a hypothesis to account for the ability of the male moth to detect a specific molecule in the presence of many other molecules in the air. what predictions does your hypothesis make? design an experiment to test one of these predictions.