Regarding axons, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. Some axons are only 0.1 millimeter long.
b. Some axons stretch up to a meter in length throughout the nervous system.
c. Axons "branch out" into slightly larger fibers, which end in several bulb­shaped somas.
d. The human brain contans about three million miles of axons.


ANSWER: c

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