Question

Differentiate between: Dendrites and axons.

Answer 1

Dendrite:
1. Dendrites are branched or unbranched structures arise from cyton.

2. These carry impulse towards the cell body.

3. Dendrties devoid of myelin sheath and are not insulated.

4. Nissl's granules are neart he site of origin Node of Ranvier absent.

5. Dendrites are small.

Axon:

1. Axons are branched at the tail ends.

2. They carry impulse away from the cyton.

3. They may be myelinated or non-myelinated.

4. Nissl's granules absent and node of Ranvier present.

5. These are long and big in size.

Answer 2

Dear Student,

◆ Dendrites Vs Axons -

• Dendrites bring information to cyton while axon take information away.
• One neuron has many dendrites but only one axon.
• Dendrites contain Niesl granules while axon don't contain Neissl granules.
• Dendrites contains ribosomes while axons don't have ribosomes.
• Dendrites don't have myelin sheath while axon have myelin sheath.
• Dendrites have rough surface while axon have smooth surface.

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