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What part of the cell sends messages?
A neuron has three main parts. The cell body directs all activities of the neuron. Dendrites extend out from the cell body and receive messages from other nerve cells. An axon is a long single fiber that transmits messages from the cell body to the dendrites of other neurons or to other body tissues, such as muscles.
What organelle receives messages from other cells?
dendrites
Neurons contain organelles common to all cells, such as a nucleus and mitochondria. They are unique because they contain dendrites, which can receive signals from other neurons, and axons that can send these signals to other cells.
What are the organelles in a nerve cell?
At the ultrastructure level, a nerve cell, like any other type of animal cell, contains different types of organelles that keep them alive and allow them to remain functional. These include such cell organelles as a nucleus, nucleolus, E.R, golgi apparatus and the mitochondria among others.
What animal cell sends electrical messages?
neurons
Although the nervous system is very complex, nervous tissue consists of just two basic types of nerve cells: neurons and glial cells. Neurons are the structural and functional units of the nervous system. They transmit electrical signals, called nerve impulses.
What part of the neuron sends information?
axon
The axon is the elongated fiber that extends from the cell body to the terminal endings and transmits the neural signal. The larger the diameter of the axon, the faster it transmits information. Some axons are covered with a fatty substance called myelin that acts as an insulator.
Do neurons have organelles?
Neurons have a nucleus that contains genes. Neurons contain cytoplasm, mitochondria and other organelles. Neurons carry out basic cellular processes such as protein synthesis and energy production.
What part of the neuron sends signals?
The axon is the elongated fiber that extends from the cell body to the terminal endings and transmits the neural signal. The larger the diameter of the axon, the faster it transmits information.
What does the organelle do in a cell?
the organelle that processes, packages and transports proteins and other materials out of the cell by having it pinch of in small vesicles from it.
Which is an organelle that carries genetic information?
Messager RNA (mRNA) that carries the genetic information will be exported through nuclear pores into the cytosol for protein synthesis (translation). [In this figure] Cell nucleus is a membrane-bound organelle that stores DNA. The image was created with BioRender.com.
Are there any organelles that are not membrane bound?
Organelles without membrane: The Cell wall, Ribosomes, and Cytoskeleton are non-membrane-bound cell organelles. They are present both in prokaryotic cell and the eukaryotic cell.
Which is the largest organelle in the eukaryotic cell?
The nucleus is a double-membraned organelle found in all eukaryotic cells. It is the largest organelle, which functions as the control centre of the cellular activities and is the storehouse of the cell’s DNA.