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The axon transmits impulses:

Answer: Away from the cell body.

  • A Toward the cell body
  • B Away from the cell body
  • C In both directions
  • D Only to other neurons

Correct answer: B. Away from the cell body

Explanation: Axons carry nerve impulses away from the cell body to the next neuron or effector organ.

Labeled diagram of a neuron showing dendrites, cell body (soma) with nucleus, axon, myelin sheath, Nodes of Ranvier, and axon terminals

Structure of a neuron. Image: LadyofHats (Mariana Ruiz), Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Concept context

Brain, spinal cord, neurons, reflex arcs, and sense organs.

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