Which of the following pairs is mismatched?
A) dendrite—highly branched
B) nerve cell body—contains nucleus and other organelles
C) axon—receives impulse from previous cell
D) synapse—junction between two neurons
C) axon—receives impulse from previous cell
The dendrite, not axon, receives the impulse from the previous cell. The other pairs
are matched correctly.
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