The area where the axon connects to the soma is ______________.

Related MCQs

• The optic nerve is composed of one axon fiber extending from each ___ cell in the retina.
• ________________ is a brief electrical impulse by which information is transmitted along the axon of a neuron.
• _________________ are the tiny pouches or sacs in the axon terminals that contain chemicals called neurotransmitters.
• The ________________ is a tiny space between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrite of an adjoining neuron.
• When an action potential reaches the axon terminal, synaptic vesicles move toward the _____________________.
• In many neurons the axon is covered by a sheath of fatty material known as _____________.
• When the action potential reaches the axon ending, it causes tiny bubbles of chemicals called ____________________ to release their contents into the synaptic gap.
• The surface of the axon contains hundreds of thousands of miniscule mechanisms called _______________.
• The __________________ connects the spinal cord with the rest of the brain.
• The _________________ connects other regions of the brain to the cerebellum which helps coordinate and integrate movements on each side of the body.