An axon is the long extension of a nerve cell body. The dendrites are the short branches.
Axon
axon
The extension from a nerve cell that carries impulses toward the nerve is a dendrite
nerve impulses
nerve impulses
axons
An axon is the extension of a neuron and it sends nerve impulses away from the cell. In simpler words it is the "tail" of a nerve cell which sends messages to other cells.
nerve impulses
They transmit nerve impulses and stimuli.
Neurons transmit nerve impulses/ electric impulses throughout the body.
Neuron
Efferent Neuron
Fibres which carry impulses towards the cell body of a neuron are called dendrites. The axon is the fibre which carries impulses away from the cell body of a neuron.