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Which type of nerve cell carries messages toward the brain?
Sensory neurons are the type of nerve cells that carry messages from sensory receptors towards the brain to process and interpret information.
What is a tiny branching thread-like structure found in neurons?
There are two possible answers - axons or dendrites. Axons carry action potentials away from the neuron, while dendrites receive action potentials.
How is a nerve cells shape adapted to carry messages around the body?
Nerve cells, or neurons, have a long, branching structure called an axon that allows them to transmit electrical impulses over long distances. The axon is covered in a fatty substance called myelin, which helps speed up the transmission of signals. The branching dendrites of the neuron receive signals from other cells and transmit them to the cell body for processing.
The branching fibers of the axon end in axon terminals and link with parts of other neurons?
Yes, axon terminals are specialized structures at the ends of axons that form connections with other neurons, muscles, or glands. These terminals release neurotransmitters that carry signals across the synapse to communicate with the next neuron or target cell, allowing for the transmission of information in the nervous system.
Carry messages from the CNS to the muscles and glands in the PNS?
The main component of the PNS responsible for carrying messages from the CNS to the muscles and glands is the motor neuron. Motor neurons transmit electrical signals from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands, allowing for voluntary and involuntary movements and responses.
What are the short strands branching out from a neuron that carry message to the cell body called?
dendrites
Which branching structures carry information toward the cell body of a neuron?
Dendrites are the branching structures that carry information toward the cell body of a neuron. They receive signals from other neurons and transmit them to the cell body for processing.
What carries messages from the cell body of a neuron?
Remember: Axons away, so dendrites carry messages from the cell, and axons carry them away.
What are the structures that carry messages toward a neuron's cell body?
Dendrites are the structures that receive messages and carry them toward a neuron's cell body. They serve as the main receiving region of a neuron, collecting signals from other neurons and transmitting them to the cell body for further processing.
What part of the neuron carry the message from the brain to muscles of your hands and backbone?
Messages from the neuron always travel from the cell body down the axon.
What is the part of the neuron that carries messages?
Dendrites carry messages to a cell body of a neuron.
A single long strand coming out of a neuron that carry messages away from the cell body?
axon
Which type of nerve cell carries messages toward the brain?
Sensory neurons are the type of nerve cells that carry messages from sensory receptors towards the brain to process and interpret information.
Where does the axons carry messages toward?
Axons carry messages (action potentials) away from the cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands. They transmit information from one neuron to another, enabling communication within the nervous system.
What cell carry messages to and from the different parts the body?
Neuron carries messages from different parts of the body.
A cell that carries messages through the nervous system is called a?
Nerve cells, or neurons, are specialized cells that carry messages through an electrical process in the brain. The brain contains about 100 billion neurons.
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.
