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What is the cell body of the nerve cell?
An axon is the long extension of a nerve cell body. The dendrites are the short branches.
How many branches protrude from a nerve cell?
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The branches out to form nerve fibers?
Cell body
What cell is very long and has branches?
A nerve cell, or neuron, is long and branching.
What is the 12 pairs of peripheral nerves that branch out from the brain?
You are speaking of the 12 cranial nerves:I. Olfactory nerve which branches out of the telencephalonII. Optic which branches out of the diencephalonIII. Oculomotor nerve which branches out of the mesencephalonIV. Trochlear nerve nerve which branches out of the mesencephalonV. Trigeminal nerve which branches out of the ponsVI. Abducens nerve which branches out of the ponsVII. Facial nerve which branches out of the ponsVIII. Vestibulochochlear nerve which branches out of the ponsIX. Glossopharangeal nerve nerve which branches out of the medullaX. Vagus nerve nerve which branches out of the medullaXI. Accessory nerve nerve which branches out of the medulla & cervical spineXII. Hypoglossal nerve nerve which branches out of the medulla
What is the long thin extension of the cell body of a neuron which is the conductor of nerve impulses?
An axon is the long extension of a nerve cell body. The dendrites are the short branches.
What are the two branches of the sciatic nerve?
the two branches of the sciatic nerve
What does a dendrite do in a nerve cell do?
It recieves the chemical signal from the terminal branches of a nearby neuron and sends it down the axon
What are the two kinds of branches that extend from the cell body of a neuron?
Terminal branches (aka end brushes) are at the end of a Motor Nerve (aka Efferent Nerve) and are in very close proximity to the muscle fibers.
What is axite?
An axite is any of the terminal branches of an axon. (An axon is a usually long and single nerve-cell process that usually conducts impulses away from the cell body.
What is the nerve in the back bone?
There are several nerve branches in the spinal column. The most popular being the sciatic nerve which branches of the lumbar spine into the legs.
Branches of which nerve provide sensation to the perineum?
pudental nerve.
