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What is The purpose of axon?
As far as I understand it, the purpose of the axon is to transmit the electrical impulses (information) of the presynaptic dendrites away from the cell body. The axon therefore acts as a sort of barrier between the postsynaptic dendrites, as it is kind of a one-way street from the cell body to the postsynaptic dendrites. As for why this is necessary, I have no clue. I would assume that if electrical information were to get caught up and stuck somewhere in the cell that it might be damaging to the neuron itself. The purpose of the axon would ultimately be to get the electrical information from the cell body to the postsynaptic dendrites so that chemical production on the neurotransmitter takes place.
What part of the nerve are Axons and dendrites?
cell
Where is information first received by a nerve at?
Dendrites
Information is first received by a nerve cell at the?
dendrites
Which of these parts receive nerve impulses?
dendrites receive electrical and chemical signals from axon terminals.
EPSPs produced by many different presynaptic fibers converging on a single postsynaptic neuron causing summation on the postsynaptic dendrites and cell body best describes?
spatial summation
What is The purpose of axon?
As far as I understand it, the purpose of the axon is to transmit the electrical impulses (information) of the presynaptic dendrites away from the cell body. The axon therefore acts as a sort of barrier between the postsynaptic dendrites, as it is kind of a one-way street from the cell body to the postsynaptic dendrites. As for why this is necessary, I have no clue. I would assume that if electrical information were to get caught up and stuck somewhere in the cell that it might be damaging to the neuron itself. The purpose of the axon would ultimately be to get the electrical information from the cell body to the postsynaptic dendrites so that chemical production on the neurotransmitter takes place.
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.
What process is called a nerve fiber?
Dendrites
What part of the nerve are Axons and dendrites?
cell
Where is information first received by a nerve at?
Dendrites
What do nerve cells carry messages away from?
From the brain or nerve endings to dendrites
What is the difference between a nerve dendrite and a nerve axon structurally?
The nerve axon is the main nerve from where the dendrites originate.
What is the rule of conduction?
· Law of forward conduction: a theory that nerve impulses always travel from postsynaptic membrane of the dendrites to the terminal knob of the axon. The law of forward conduction prevails in nature, but the direction can be reversed under experimental laboratory conditions.
What are the root like structures of a nerve that receive impulses and conduct them to the cell body?
The dendrites are the root-like structures of a nerve that receive electrical impulses The dendrites then conduct the impulse to the cell body. Dendrites are root-like structures of a nerve cell that receive impulses and conduct them to the cell body.
Do the dendrites of a nerve have large number of branches?
No they dont
Information is first received by a nerve cell at the?
dendrites
