Your Teacher Asks You to Describe the Sequence of Parts

question 20

Multiple Choice

Your teacher asks you to describe the sequence of parts of a neuron that the impulse travels during neural conduction. Which of the following sequences will you offer?

• A) dendrites, axon, soma, synaptic knob
• B) terminal buttons, axon, soma, dendrites
• C) axon, soma, dendrites, synaptic knob
• D) dendrites, soma, axon, synaptic knob

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Definitions:

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