Dr. Vazquez is examining a cell from the nervous system of an animal. He notices that at one end of the cell body is a long, fibrous strand of tissue. He immediately recognizes this as an axon that is responsible for
A. carrying signals away from the cell body
B. receiving signals from other cells and carrying them toward the cell body.
C. determining the speed at which an action potential will travel
D. determining whether the cell inhibits or excites neighboring neurons
Select your answer:
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What direction foes the electrical signal travel through the neuron?
A. From dendrites, down the Axon, and out Axon terminalsThis is a correct answer
B. From Axon terminals, down the Axon, & out of the dendrites
C. Any direction up or down the cell
D. From the Axon, to the Dendrites, and out the Axon terminals