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axons conducts electrical impulses away from the neuronal cell body. dendrites are branched neuronal projections that conduct the electrical stimulation received from other neurons to the cell body from which they branch.

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What are the two types of structures carry out transmission functions?

its dendrites and axons


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The fat coating around the dendrites and axons is to insulate them.


Axons and dendrites is another word for?

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Axons and dendrites?

There are 2 types OS nerve fibers, called axons and dendrites. The axons carry nerve impulses away from the cellbody, while dendrites carry them towards the cell body.


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The cerebral cortex is the:a.gray matter, the axons and dendrites of neuronsb.gray matter, the cell bodies of neurons?

A.) The grey matter, the axons and dendrites of neurons.


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