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What is the high-speed signals that pass along the axons of nerve cells called?
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∙ 8y ago
The high-speed signals that pass along the axon are called action potentials. They spread in a wave of depolarization.
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What are the two kinds of branches that extend from the cell body of a neuron what does each do?
The ones carrying the input are the dendrites, the ones carrying the output are the axons.
These cover the axonin order to make nerve signals faster?
Some axons have an insulating coating, called the fatty myelin sheath, to make signals travel faster.
What do axons and dendrites belong to?
I'm assuming you're talking about dendrites... And the dendrites are what receive signals on a neuron. Signals are delivered through the axon to the axon terminal, which passes the signal to another neuron's dendrites.
What is meant when axon is described as myelinated?
Most axons are covered with a protective sheath of myelin, a substance made of fats and protein, which insulates the axon. Myelinated axons conduct neuronal signals faster than do unmyelinated axons.
What tissue sends messages from brain to body?
Nerve cells called neurons sends messages from brain to body along fibers called axons.
Are axons most located and protected within the CNS?
axons
What part of the brain has branching fingers that receive signals?
The neuron has dendrites that receive signals from other cells and axons that bring the signal to the next cell.
What is a specialized cell that conducts impulses through the nervous system?
Neurons transmit and receive signals in the nervous system
What does Axons transmit?
Axons are nerve fibers which extend as long, slender projections from nerve cells. They transmit electrical and electrochemical signals across the gap at a junction(synapse) between them and the other cell.
What are Bundles of axons are called?
NERVES
How does your nervous system send signals to other body systems?
The basic signal in the nervous system is called an action potential. It is a rapid change in the surface charge of the cell membrane from a value around -70mV to 30 mV over several milliseconds controlled by the selective flow of sodium Na+, calcium Ca++ and potassium K+ ions (mostly).
How does the presence of myelin help axons work?
Myelin makes it easier for acons to transmit signals- it speeds there work.
