AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Axon. The axon is the elongated fiber that extends from the cell body to the terminal endings and transmits the neural signal. The larger the diameter of the axon, the faster it transmits information. Some axons are covered with a fatty substance called myelin that acts as an insulator.

Detailed explanation-2: -Messages travel through a neuron in only one direction. The dendrites carry messages toward the nerve cell body, or center of the neuron. The axon carries messages away from the cell body.

Detailed explanation-3: -Axon. The axon, also called a nerve fiber, is a tail-like structure of the neuron which joins the cell body at a junction called the axon hillock. The function of the axon is to carry signals away from the cell body to the terminal buttons, in order to transmit electrical signals to other neurons.

Detailed explanation-4: -Each neuron in your brain has one long cable that snakes away from the main part of the cell. This cable, several times thinner than a human hair, is called an axon, and it is where electrical impulses from the neuron travel away to be received by other neurons.

Detailed explanation-5: -These branches split into smaller extensions known as axon terminal branches, or nerve terminals. Each terminal holds a synapse where neurotransmitters send their messages and where messages are received.