Match the following neuron structure with its definition ...

Question

Match the following neuron structure with its definition

i. Cell Body ____________

ii. Myelin Sheath ____________

iii. Nerve Terminal ____________

iv. Nodes of Ranvier ____________

v. Synapse ____________

a. Junction through which the signal is transmitted

b. End of the axon that branches to pass the neurons message to many cells

c. Core of the neuron

d. Insulates the axon so ions do not leak out of the membrane

e. Patches of ion channels that interrupt the sheath for neuron signaling

Accepted Answer

So this question is a matching question, and it says match the following neuron structure with its definition. So the first thing is a cell body. So what is a cell body? Well, if we look at these answers, is it a junction through which the signal is transmitted, the end of the axon that branches to pass the neuron's message to many cells? So the core of the of the neuron, that sounds very likely, so we'll put a mark next here. Does it insulate the axon? No. It doesn't. And does it is it a patch of ion channels? No. It's not. So the correct answer to cell body is gonna be c. Now that we've read the answers, we might be able to go through the next ones a little bit faster. So myelin sheath, what does a myelin sheath do? Do you remember? Right. So that's responsible for insulating the axon. So we look at our answers, that's gonna be d. Insulating the axons so ions do not leak out of the membrane. Now the third one says the nerve terminal. What does the nerve terminal do? Well, the nerve terminal is gonna be the end of the axon that transmits signal. So, if we look at our answers that most closely relates to b, which is the end of the axon that branches to pass, the neuron message to many cells, b. The 4th one is nodes of, Ramvir. And, so, if you remember those are going to be groups or patches of ion channels. And so if we look at our answers that's going to be e. And, then we're left with the only one answer, the synapse, which has to then be a, which is the junction through which the signal is transmitted. So those, so that's a good review of neuron structures. Let's now move on.

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