Question

Difference between dendron and axon of neurin

Answer 1

Axons are also called nerve fibers, as they appear elongated and slender. Like dendrites, they are also protoplasmic projections of nerve cells, or neurons, and their primary purpose is to conduct electrochemical impulses away from the cell body of neurons. Most nerve cells only have a single axon.

Answer 2

$\huge\colorbox{purple}{Nerve cell : }$

Nerve cell or neuron is an elongated branched cell that is the functional unit of the nervous through which nerve impulses are transferred.

$\colorbox{blue}{Axon : }$

(i) It is always single in number.

(ii) It is long and may or may not be branched.

(iii) It conducts nerve impulses away from cyton, so are efferent in nature.

$\colorbox{blue}{ Dendron :}$

(i) It may be one more in number.

(ii) It is small - sized and is always branched.

(iii) It conducts nerve impulses towards the cyton, so they are afferent in nature.