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mrsjacobs44

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When substances are transported from the soma to the terminal buttons at the end of the axon, this process is referred to as ____________.
 
  a. retrograde axoplasmic transport
  b. systemic axoplasmic transport
  c. anterograde axoplasmic transport
  d. peripheral axoplasmic transport
  e. anterograde somatoplasmic transport

Question 2

When an impulse enters a neuron, it is received by the _________ and passed to the next cell via the ____________.
 
  a. dendrite; axon
  b. axon; dendrite
  c. soma; axon
  d. soma; dendrite
  e. axon; soma


itsakadoozi

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: c. anterograde axoplasmic transport

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a. dendrite; axon


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