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Name the part of neuron:

(i) Where information is acquired.

(ii)Through which information travels as an electric impulse.


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Neuron:

  1. The structural and functional unit of the neural system is a neuron.
  2. It helps in the transmission of impulses.
  3. The neuron mainly consists of three parts a cell body or soma, dendrites and axon.

(I) The part of the neuron where information is acquired:

  1. Dendrites are the part of neurons where information is acquired.
  2. It receives impulses and transmits impulses toward the cell body.

(ii) The part of the neuron through which information travels as an electric impulse:

  1. Axon is the part of the neuron through which information travels as an electric impulse.
  2. It helps in transmitting impulses away from the cell body.



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