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The space between two connecting neurons is called a synapse.

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How does an axon release neurostransmitter?

An axon sends signal from dendrites to terminals to release neurotransmitters


Parts of a neuron include?

dendrites -Apex


Does dendrites support the axon from within?

Dendrites receive signals from other neurons and pass them to the cell body, which then transmits the signal to the axon. The axon is supported by structures called neurofilaments and microtubules that help maintain its structure and facilitate the transport of materials within the axon.


What is dendrites function?

Dendrites are extensions of a neuron that receive signals from other neurons and transmit those signals to the cell body. They play a crucial role in integrating incoming information and facilitating communication between different neurons in the nervous system.


What is The purpose of axon?

As far as I understand it, the purpose of the axon is to transmit the electrical impulses (information) of the presynaptic dendrites away from the cell body. The axon therefore acts as a sort of barrier between the postsynaptic dendrites, as it is kind of a one-way street from the cell body to the postsynaptic dendrites. As for why this is necessary, I have no clue. I would assume that if electrical information were to get caught up and stuck somewhere in the cell that it might be damaging to the neuron itself. The purpose of the axon would ultimately be to get the electrical information from the cell body to the postsynaptic dendrites so that chemical production on the neurotransmitter takes place.

Related Questions

What is synap?

A "synape" is a misspelled synapse.


The junction between a motor neurons axon and the muscle cell membrane is called a neuromuscular junction or a?

The junction between a motor neruon's axon and the muscle cell membrane is called a neuromuscular junction or a myoneuraljunction?


What are the 3 main structures of a neuron?

The three main structures of a neuron are the cell body (soma), dendrites, and axon. The cell body contains the nucleus and other organelles, the dendrites receive signals from other neurons, and the axon transmits signals to other neurons or cells.


What is the difference between a nerve dendrite and a nerve axon structurally?

The nerve axon is the main nerve from where the dendrites originate.


What are the long fiber between nerve cells?

There are two: an axon and several dendrites.


The junction between each axon tip and the next structure?

the but


The junction between a motor neurons axon and the muscle cell membrane is called?

neuromuscular junction or myoneural junction


How does an axon release neurostransmitter?

An axon sends signal from dendrites to terminals to release neurotransmitters


What are the three parts of a neuron-?

The three main parts of a nueron are: the dendrites, the axon, and the cell body.


What is the junction between the axon of one nerve cell and the dendrite of another nerve cell?

No, not at all. The axon is the transmitting end of a neuron, and a dendrite is the receiving beginning of another neuron.The axon sends its signal "through" a synapse between the axon terminal and a dendrite via chemicals called neurotransmitters that it releases into the synaptic space, which diffuse to and are taken into structures on dendrites called ligand-gated ion pores, which open to allow sodium ions into the dendrite, which change its electrical charge, which initiates the propagation of a corresponding signal along the dendrite and cell body toward the axon hillock, which, if enough signals from dendrites reach it, will then fire and send the nerve signal onward along the axon, as an action potential.


What do axon terminals attach with to make a synapse?

Dendrites.


What are the compositions of a neuron?

dendrites, cell body, axon