Chemical synapses in the nervous system :-a- allow diffusion of chemical substances form the presynaptic neuron into the postsynaptic neuronb- allow transmission of potential changes in one direction only; from the presynaptic to the postsynaptic neuronsc- have potential-gated ionic channelsd- are more numerous in the peripheral nervous system than the central nervous system

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