AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Synapses. Neuron-to-neuron connections are made onto the dendrites and cell bodies of other neurons. These connections, known as synapses, are the sites at which information is carried from the first neuron, the presynaptic neuron, to the target neuron (the postsynaptic neuron).

Detailed explanation-2: -Information flows from the axon of the presynaptic cell, across the synapse, to the dendrites of the postsynaptic cell.

Detailed explanation-3: -Neurons have three basic parts: a cell body and two extensions called an axon (5) and a dendrite (3). Within the cell body is a nucleus (2), which controls the cell’s activities and contains the cell’s genetic material. The axon looks like a long tail and transmits messages from the cell.

Detailed explanation-4: -Axons and dendrites work together because the dendrites receive information from other neurons and based on those signals the axon sends a signal called an action potential to the terminal. When a neuron receives a stimulus, either from another neuron or the environment it is detected by the dendrites.

Detailed explanation-5: -axon, also called nerve fibre, portion of a nerve cell (neuron) that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body. A neuron typically has one axon that connects it with other neurons or with muscle or gland cells.