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The axon carries the signal away from the neuron, while the dendrite carries the signal to the neuron.
The cell body of a neuron (a nerve cell) receives signals from its neighbors; when prompted thereby to send a signal of it's own, the axon (an extension protruding from the body) propagates that signal electrochemically via an "ion pump" to other neurons at the terminal synapse (a small gap between one neuron and the next). At the synapse, chemicals are released into the surrounding fluid to stimulate the next neurons in the chain.
The connection between neurons is called a synapse, and the sending region is normally an extended "tail" called an axon. However, in some presynaptic connections, the same sending function is done in a dendrite or soma (the bulbous end of a neuron, containing the nucleus, is called the soma or perikaryon).
A good way to remember this is: "Axon and Away both start with A."
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What is the part of the neuron that carries impulses toward the cell body?
The part of the neuron that carries impulses towards the cell body is called the dendrite.
What is the neuron that carries impulses to the nervous cell body is called what?
The neuron that carries impulses towards the cell body is called a dendrite. Dendrites receive signals from other neurons and transmit them towards the cell body for processing. This input helps the neuron determine whether or not to generate an action potential.
What portion a neuron conducts nerve impulses away from the neuron?
axons
Neuron that conducts impulses away from CNS to muscles and glands?
Efferent Neuron
What part of the nervous system has the responsibility for carrying nerve impulse to and from the body?
The dendrites carry impulses to the neuron's cell body. The axon carries impulses away from the cell body.
What types of neuron carries impulses away from the CNS?
Motorneurons
What are the two parts the neuron is split up into?
There are actually 3 parts to a neuron. The dendrites are tree branch like projections that receive nerve impulses from another neuron, the cell body that contains the nucleus, and the axon, a long fiber that carries the nerve impulse away from the cell body to the next neuron.
What carries nerve impulses away from the cell body?
collateral
The part of a neuron that conducts impulses away from its' cell body is called?
An axon will carry nerve impulses away from the cell body.
Do Axons carries impulses toward the nerve cell body?
No, axons carry impulses away from the nerve cell body.
What is an axon and what is its job?
An axon is a long, slender projection of a neuron that conducts electrical impulses away from the cell body to communicate with other cells. Its main job is to transmit these signals to other neurons, muscle cells, or glands in the body.
An efferent neuron carries impulses in the direction opposite of?
opposite of an afferent neuron. an efferent neuron goes from the central nervous system to the organ in the body that will perform the required action.
