A nerve is a bundle of ________ carrying messages between the central nervous system and various parts of the body.

A) ganglia
B) sulci
C) dendrites
D) axons


D) axons
A bundle of axons carrying messages between the central nervous system and
various parts of the body is a nerve. Ganglia is the plural of ganglion; a ganglion is the nerve cell
bodies of the neurons forming a nerve grouped together in a knot-like mass outside of the central
nervous system. Sulci are the valleys between the gyri. Dendrites are the end of the neuron that
receives the electrical impulse from the axon of the previous neuron.

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