MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Dendrites extend out from the cell body and receive messages from other nerve cells. An axon is a long single fiber that transmits messages from the cell body to the dendrites of other neurons or to other body tissues, such as muscles.

Detailed explanation-2: -Axon hillock: Once a signal is received by the dendrite, it then travels to the cell body. The cell body contains a specialized structure, the axon hillock that “integrates” signals from multiple synapses and serves as a junction between the cell body and an axon.

Detailed explanation-3: -The dendrites carry messages toward the nerve cell body, or center of the neuron. The axon carries messages away from the cell body. The cell body contains the nucleus of the neuron.

Detailed explanation-4: -The dendrite’s surface is lined with specialized synaptic receptors, at which the dendrite receives information from other neurons.