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The long process of a neuron is called the?

Axon


What is the long trunk of a neuron called?

The long trunk of a neuron is called an axon. The axon is responsible for conducting electrical impulses away from the cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands.


What is a long thin extension of the cell body of a neuron?

An Axon. I believe that is what you are asking for.


Why is a neuron called an interneuron?

A neuron is called a inter-neuron because that specific neuron takes impulse from one neuron to a next neuron. For example your sensory neuron sends a impulse that you had felt a hot object. It goes through the spine to a inter-neuron to a motor neuron (this processes is called a reflex). Then the motor neuron tells your muscles in your hand to move


What is the first motor neuron in an autonomic pathway called?

The first motor neuron in an autonomic pathway is called a preganglionic neuron. It originates in the central nervous system and synapses with a postganglionic neuron in an autonomic ganglion.


What is the long part of the neuron that extends out from the body cells?

the longest part of a nerve cell is called the Axon.


Which animal cell is sometimes called a neuron?

a neuron is a nerve cell


What kind of animal cell is called a neuron?

A neuron is a nerve cell.


How does a signal move through a neuron?

A signal moves through a neuron by traveling along the axon, which is a long, thin extension of the neuron. The signal is transmitted as an electrical impulse called an action potential. When the signal reaches the end of the axon, it triggers the release of neurotransmitters, which then carry the signal to the next neuron.


What is a neuron that relays its message to another neuron across a junction called a?

A neuron that relays its message to another neuron across a junction is called a presynaptic neuron. This neuron releases neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft, which then bind to receptors on the postsynaptic neuron, facilitating the transmission of the signal. The junction between the two neurons is known as the synapse.


What is the opening across which one neuron communicates with another neuron known as?

The opening across which one neuron communicates with another neuron is called a synapse. At the synapse, chemical signals called neurotransmitters are released from the presynaptic neuron, which then bind to receptors on the postsynaptic neuron to transmit the signal.


Which part of the neuron can carry information for long distances?

The axon is the part of the neuron that can carry information for long distances.