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Dendrites are a characteristic of neurons. Neurons are comprised of a soma, or cell body, dendrites, and axons. The soma is located in the center of the neuron and is the location of the nucleus, mitochondria, and other organelles. The dendrites are attached to the cell body; there can be multiple dendrites, up to thousands, or there can be just one. The final structure is what is called an axon. A neuron can only have one axon, which can branch off. At the end of the axon are end terminals, or terminal buttons. These are what "connect" to other neurons (by connecting to their dendrites). The connection goes: terminal button, dendrite, soma, axon, terminal button, dendrite, soma, etc. However, the terminal button and dendrite never actually come in contact; they are separated by a very small gap known as the synaptic cleft.
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What cell transmits and receive nervous-system signals?
The dendrites collect information from other cells (afferent) or send information to other cells (efferent). The afferent dentrites are stimulated by chmicals from sensory cells. The efferent dentrites send chemical signals to other cells.
What gland signals nearly all other body cells?
Thyroid
What is the job of the dendrite?
Dendrites connect to other receptive cell (ie. Receptors)
Neurone cells are very long but what signals do they carry?
They carry electrical signals around the body. Parts called dendrites on one end of the cell pick up a signal from a connected neuron through the synaptic cleft, and send it down the length of the cell by means of sodium potassium pumps and Nodes of Ranvier, eventually reaching the other end of the cell, and being transfered across the synapse to another neuron.
What is the function of the dendrites in the neurons?
The dendrites receive the data or signal from another neuron for the soma.
What part of the brain has branching fingers that receive signals?
The neuron has dendrites that receive signals from other cells and axons that bring the signal to the next cell.
What part of neuron that receive a signals from other neurons?
Yes. They interact with each other via chemical "signals" called neurotransmitters and neuropeptides. In this way, a neuron sends an excitatory (stimulating) or inhibitory (destimulating) signal to another neuron to cause it to generate a nerve impulse or prevent it from generating one, respectively.
What cells contain process that receive and generate electrical signals to communicate with other cells?
the nerve cell.
What is the purpose of the structure of nerve cells?
Dendrites, Axoms, and Cell body: the main purpose is to convey signals from one part of the body to the other. It also serves to disperse or integrate signals.
What processes of a neuron that receives signals from other neurons?
dendrites
The part of the neuron that is responsible for receiving information signals from other neurons is called?
Dendrites are the part of a neuron which receives chemical messages (neurotransmitters) through synapses.Mostly the dendrites receive messages from other neurons, but the cell bodies of neurons also receive direct synaptic inputs from other cells.
What is the medical term meaning root-like structures of a nerve that receive impulses and conduct them to the cell body?
The medical term for root-like structures of a nerve that receive impulses and conduct them to the cell body is "dendrites." Dendrites are specialized extensions of nerve cells that branch out to receive signals from other neurons and transmit these signals to the cell body for processing.
Do dendrites receive chemical or electrical messages from other cells?
both, but usually biochemical since the synaptic gap is normally too wide for bioelectrical signals to cross.
The input zone of a neuron is the?
­The dendrites and cell body. Incoming signals from other neurons are received here.
How does dendrites effect us daily?
Dendrites are parts of nerve cells that interact with other nearby nerve cells. This process makes every single part of our bodies work.
What receives information from other nerve cells and then they send it to other nerve cells and attach to another cell body?
dendrites
What cell transmits and receive nervous-system signals?
The dendrites collect information from other cells (afferent) or send information to other cells (efferent). The afferent dentrites are stimulated by chmicals from sensory cells. The efferent dentrites send chemical signals to other cells.
