PHYSIOLOGY
NEUROTRANSMISSION
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Question
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I am the part that contains the soma, what am I?
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Axons
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Dendrites
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Glial cells
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Cell body
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The region of the neuron containing the nucleus is known as the cell body, soma, or perikaryon (Figure 8.2). The cell body is the metabolic center of the neuron.
Detailed explanation-2: -The soma produces the proteins that the other parts of the neuron, including the dendrites, axons, and synapses, need to function properly.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thus, each nerve cell has a cell body containing a nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, Golgi apparatus, mitochondria, and other organelles that are essential to the function of all cells (Figure 1.3).
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