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Short branched extensions that carry impulses towards the nerve cell body are called dendrites.

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Do Axons carries impulses toward the nerve cell body?

No, axons carry impulses away from the nerve cell body.


What carries impulses toward the cell body?

Nerve cells carry the impulses around the body to the motor neurons. Nerve impulses are received and transmitted to the cell body by axons.


What part of a nerve cell carries impulses toward the cell body?

There is one way conduction of impulse into the neuron, from dendrites to nerve body to axon.


Which neuron carries impulses toward the main cell body?

the axon carries impulses toward the main cell body


What is the part of the neuron that carries impulses toward the cell body?

The part of the neuron that carries impulses towards the cell body is called the dendrite.


What are cytoplasmic extensions that carry nerve impulses towards the cell body of a neuron?

The extension from a nerve cell that carries impulses toward the nerve is a dendrite


Which type of nerve cells only carry impulses toward the body of the cell?

Sensory neurons are the type of nerve cells that carry impulses only towards the body of the cell. They transmit sensory information from receptors in the body to the central nervous system for processing.


What carries nerve impulses away from the cell body?

collateral


What carries messages away from the nerve cell body toward the synapse?

Axons carry messages away from the nerve cell body toward the synapse. These long fibers transmit electrical impulses and release neurotransmitters at the synapse to communicate with other cells.


What does your spinal cord have to do with your nervous system?

It is what carries the nerve impulses between your body and the brain.


How can you the word axon in a sentence?

The axon carries nerve impulses away from the cell body.


Small branched extension of a neuron that carries impulses toward the cell body?

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