ENDOCRINE ORGANS AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
ENDOCRINE ORGANS
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Question
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The branch of neuron that carries a nerve impulse away from the cell body is the ____
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axon
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dendrite
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microglia
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node of ranvier
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The axon is a single protoplasmic fiber that extends from the cell body. It is the longest part of the neuron which conducts impulses away from the cell body.
Detailed explanation-2: -axon, also called nerve fibre, portion of a nerve cell (neuron) that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body.
Detailed explanation-3: -A typical neuron has a cell body containing a nucleus, one or more branching filaments called dendrites which conduct nerve impulses towards the cell body and one long fibre, an axon, that carries the impulses away from it.
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