Psychology / Unit 2 Psych 0145 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Axon and Terminal Buttons
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The idea
The axon carries the neuron's outgoing signal away from the cell body to the terminal buttons at its end.
In practice
A single axon runs from the base of the spine to the foot, ending in terminals beside a muscle fiber.
Where people slip
One neuron has many dendrites and one axon. Direction of travel is what the two structures encode.
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