You are looking at a neuron under a microscope. You find many structures coming off the cell body. Some of these are relatively thick and branch many times. One of the structures, however, is very thin and very long. This latter structure is most likely the neuron's ____, which carries the ____.?
a. ?dendrite; efferent signal
b. ?dendrite; afferent signal
c. ?axon; action potential
d. ?axon; receptors
ANSWER:
c
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