Anatomy of A Neuron Cell

What is another name for a nerve cell?

• tissue

• impulse

• neuron

• stimuli

What part of the neuron receives the message from the previous neuron?

• myelin

• dendrites

• nucleus

• nerve endings

What part of the neuron can be described as a tail-like structure that carries the impulse away from the cell body(from dendrite to nerve endings)?

• axon

• dendrites

• nucleus

• cell body

a signal molecule that transmits nerve impulses across synapses

• nerve

• neuron

• vesicles

• neurotransmitter

Label the neuron: What part of a neuron is number 4?

• cell body

• axon terminals

• dendrites

• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Which number represents the cell body of a neuron?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The part of a neuron that sends signals to the next neuron cell?

• axon

• myelin

• dendrites

• axon terminals

What part of the neuron cell houses its nucleus?

• axon

• dendrites

• cell body

• nerve endings

The correct direction of the neural impulse within one neuron

• Cell Body to Axon

• Axon Terminal to Dendrite

• Dendrite to Axon Terminal

• Axon Terminal to Cell Body

The part of the neuron that receives chemical messages from the neurotransmitters of other neurons.

• cell body

• dendrites

• myelin sheath

• axon terminals