which part of neuron recieves impulse and which part takes it away from neuron

A neuron is a microscopic structure composed of three major parts, namely, cell body, dendrites and axon. The dendrites are the short fibres which project out of the cell body and transmit impulses towards the cell body. The axon is a long fibre that transmits nerve impulses away from the cell body to a synapse or to a neuro-muscular junction.

 

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Part of the neuron that receives impulses is called

Neural input happens at the dendrites (dendritic tree) of the neuron, but some neurons, notably the sympathetic, can receive input at the axon hillock (where the axon leaves the soma).

An impulse is received by the dendrites, which are numerous (hundreds per nerve cell) and branch out from the cell body. They also receive impulses from other neurons by "jumping" across the synaptic gap between them. The cell body is the second part of the neuron and it is the biosynthetic center with all the organelles and it receives information from denditrites. The third part is the axon. Each neuron has a single axon and it takes the information from the cell body and transmits it from the end of the axon called the axon terminal to the reception site on cell membranes. Some are short and others are very long. For instance the neurons that carry messages to your big toe go all the way from the spinal column to your toe. 

Sensory of "afferent" neurons transmit messages from sensory receptors on the skin or musclesin the body. The dendrites are sensory receptors and their nerve fibers carry incoming messages (finger on hot stove) on "afferent" pathways to the integration center which is usually the brain or spinal column, although it could just be to another neuron called an interneuron. The integration center decides what action to take (remove finger from stove) and sends its to the conduction region which generates nerve impulses and transmits them, typically away from the cell body. Motor neurons carry messages away from the central nervous system down motor "efferent" pathways to where deliver the message (hence the word motor) to, for instance, a skeletal muscle which then contracts, lifting the finger off the hot stove. That's just the surface but that's it in a nutshell.

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Dendrite

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