Dendrites

Axon carry impulses ____ from the cell body

away

Dendrites

Branchlike parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive information.

Axons are usually

Long, thin and cylinder

Axon have a ______ process

Single

Dendrites carry messages

Toward cell body

initial segment of axon

attaches to axon hillock

axon branches

axon collaterals

The axon leaves the cell body at the:

axon hillock

trigger zone

axon hillock and initial segment gets impulse

Dendrites are usually highly _________________.

branched, short abs tampered

axon terminal

end of axon

synaptic cleft

gap between adjacent neurons

Dendrites varies in

numbers

synaptic knob

rounded areas on the end of the axon terminals

Axon

the extension of a neuron, ending in branching terminal fibers, through which messages pass to other neurons or to muscles or glands