What does the axon do?

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What does the axon do?

Explanation:
The axon’s job is to carry outgoing messages away from the neuron’s cell body to the next cell. It conducts the electrical signal (the action potential) along its length and ends at axon terminals where neurotransmitters are released to communicate with target cells. Receiving messages from other neurons happens mainly in the dendrites and cell body, not the axon. The nucleus sits in the cell body, not in the axon. Cerebrospinal fluid is produced by choroid plexus in the brain’s ventricles, not by an axon. So the axon is specialized for sending signals onward, making it the best choice.

The axon’s job is to carry outgoing messages away from the neuron’s cell body to the next cell. It conducts the electrical signal (the action potential) along its length and ends at axon terminals where neurotransmitters are released to communicate with target cells. Receiving messages from other neurons happens mainly in the dendrites and cell body, not the axon. The nucleus sits in the cell body, not in the axon. Cerebrospinal fluid is produced by choroid plexus in the brain’s ventricles, not by an axon. So the axon is specialized for sending signals onward, making it the best choice.

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