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The axons are long so that action potentials can be sent from one part of the body to another very quickly. If instead of one long axon we had loads of individual cells there would be a much bigger delay because the action potentials would have to be converted to chemical signals very fequently and that takes time.
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Axon is what?
An axon (or axone) is a nerve fibre which is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.
What is the long thin extension of the cell body of a neuron which is the conductor of nerve impulses?
An axon is the long extension of a nerve cell body. The dendrites are the short branches.
What is the cell body of the nerve cell?
An axon is the long extension of a nerve cell body. The dendrites are the short branches.
What is a long nerve fiber that carries impulses from one nerve cell to the next called?
an axon
A long nerve fiber that carries impulses from one nerve cell to the next?
It's called an axon.
The single long process that extends from a typical motor nerve cell is the?
axon
Which part of the nerve cell can carry messages over long distances?
The Axon.
The single long process that extends from a typical motor nerve cell?
Is axon
What is the 3 main parts of nerve cells?
The three basic parts of a nerve cell are the dendrites, cell body, and axon. The dendrites branch to reach other cells. The cell body contains the nucleus which controls the cell. The axon is long and provides "reach" for the cell.
What is an axis cylinder?
An axis cylinder is an obsolete term for an axon - a nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell.
What is axite?
An axite is any of the terminal branches of an axon. (An axon is a usually long and single nerve-cell process that usually conducts impulses away from the cell body.
Do nerves contain axons?
Nerves are like trees. The have branches call axons.
