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AXON – A Long Fibre that CARRIES IMPULSES AWAY FROM THE CELL BODY. Each neuron has only ONE AXON. The Axon Ends in a series of small swellings called AXON TERMINALS.
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∙ 10y agoAll messaging along the neurons are driven at first by a stimulus. This can be chemical or electrical. This begins a change in the neuronal cell membrane called depolarization. One small section is depolarized and that causes the next small section to become depolarized. The first section is repolarized in nanoseconds so that the stimulation can be repeated. This "flipping of the charge" travels rapidly to the effector. This could be a muscle.
This entire process is called the action potential. The stimulus must be strong enough to begin the process.
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∙ 8y agoThe axon carries the signal away from the neuron, while the dendrite carries the signal to the neuron.
The cell body of a neuron (a nerve cell) receives signals from its neighbors; when prompted thereby to send a signal of it's own, the axon (an extension protruding from the body) propagates that signal electrochemically via an "ion pump" to other neurons at the terminal synapse (a small gap between one neuron and the next). At the synapse, chemicals are released into the surrounding fluid to stimulate the next neurons in the chain.
The connection between neurons is called a synapse, and the sending region is normally an extended "tail" called an axon. However, in some presynaptic connections, the same sending function is done in a dendrite or soma (the bulbous end of a neuron, containing the nucleus, is called the soma or perikaryon).
A good way to remember this is: "Axon and Away both start with A."
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∙ 15y agoaxon. they are nerve cell structure wich carries impulses away from cell body to dendrites
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∙ 15y agoCommonly its the axon.
Dendrites have also been discovered to be able to do this, though.
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∙ 14y agoIt's the Axon
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∙ 14y agoSynaptic Cleft
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∙ 12y agoAxon
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Does a dendrite carry impulses away?
They carry impulses to the cell body. Axons carry impulses away from the cell body.
What carries messages from the cell body of a neuron?
Remember: Axons away, so dendrites carry messages from the cell, and axons carry them away.
Do Axons carries impulses toward the nerve cell body?
No, axons carry impulses away from the nerve cell body.
What are the short strands branching out from a neuron that carry message to the cell body called?
dendrites
The part of a neuron that conducts impulses away from its' cell body is called?
An axon will carry nerve impulses away from the cell body.
What is false about neurons?
this is not true about neurons: dendrites carry information away from the cell body
Is a nerve cell a specialised cell?
It is specialised by being a long thin cell that is insulated to carry electrical messages around the body. x When you hurt yourself e.g. burn yourself your immediate reaction is to get away from the heat, this is because we can sence pain due to our nerve cells which then carry an electrical message to your brain which then says to get away from the source of pain.
A single long strand coming out of a neuron that carry messages away from the cell body?
axon
What part of the nervous system has the responsibility for carrying nerve impulse to and from the body?
The dendrites carry impulses to the neuron's cell body. The axon carries impulses away from the cell body.
What part of the neuron carry the message from the brain to muscles of your hands and backbone?
Messages from the neuron always travel from the cell body down the axon.
What is a role of an axon?
the function of the neuron's axon is to carry messages to other cells
Do axons carry action potentials away from the cell body?
The areas that have had the action potential are refractory to a new action potential.
