GROSS ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -An axon is a long, hair-like extension of a nerve cell that carries a message to another nerve cell. Dendrites are thread-like extensions of the cytoplasm of a neuron that receive signals from other neurons.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: An action potential (nerve impulse) is an electrical signal that travels down the axon of a neuron, resulting in the release of neurotransmitters into the synapse. An action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific cell rapidly changes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cell body (soma)-the part of the cell that contains the nucleus. Axon-the extension from the neuron cell body that takes information away from the cell body. A single axon projects out of the cell body. Axon terminal-end part of an axon that makes a synaptic contact with another cell.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.