multipolar neuron (pre and post synaptic)

Question 1

axon

Answer 1

long threadlike part of a nerve cell, nerve impulses carried from cell body to other cells

Question 2

Nissl bodies

Answer 2

granules are of rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) with rosettes of free ribosomes

Question 3

dendritic branches

Answer 3

create new synapses

Question 4

neurofibrils

Answer 4

Neurofibrils include neurofilaments and neurotubules, microtubules that play a role in the transport of proteins and other substances within the cytoplasm.

Question 5

axon hillock

Answer 5

last site in the soma where membrane potentials propagated from synaptic inputs are summated before being transmitted to the axon.

Question 6

initial segment of axon

Answer 6

specialized membrane region in the axon of neurons where action potentials are initiated.

Question 7

mitochondrion

Answer 7

respiration and energy production occur.

Question 8

dendrite

Answer 8

impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body.

Question 9

axon terminal

Answer 9

very end of a branch of a nerve’s axon, a long slender nerve fiber that conducts electrical signals to a nerve synapse (the gap between nerve cells). The signal then moves across the synapse to another axon by means of a neurotransmitter (an electrochemical substance

Question 10

telodendria

Answer 10

An axon can divide into many branches called telodendria (Greek–end of tree). At the end of each telodendron is an axon terminal