A Baseball Game Has a Pitcher and a Catcher

question 108

Multiple Choice

A baseball game has a pitcher and a catcher. Which part of the neuron sends something and might be compared to being a pitcher?

• A) the axon
• B) the cell body
• C) the synapse
• D) the dendrites

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Definitions:

Mixture

A combination of two or more substances in which each substance retains its own chemical identity and properties.

Structural Rearrangement

A process involving changes in the arrangement of atoms within a molecule, leading to the formation of a different structural isomer.

Cations

Positively charged ions that have more protons than electrons, resulting from the loss of one or more electrons.

Inversion

In chemistry, this refers to the process by which the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule is reversed.