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Fill in the blanks in the following text such that when completed, the text correctly defines an differentiates between the 3 major cell parts common to all neurons.

Of the 4 basic tissue types found in the body, the tissue type that is composed of _________ cells, also known as neurons, is the type that is specialized to generate and propagate electrochemical messages that enable communication between cells in very distant locations.

The part of a nerve cell that contains the nucleus along with the bulk of the cell's cytoplasm and other cellular organelles is called the soma or ____________. The bulk of the cell signals coming to the nerve cell are received in this region.

______________ are cellular projections that serve to increase the receptive surface area of the nerve cell; that is, incoming signals are also received in these areas and then immediately transferred to the cell body. When these structures project directly from the cell body, they are '_____' anatomic dendrites. When they are located at some distance from the cell body but bring information directly to the soma - they are '___________' dendrites. Neurons often have multiple dendrites.

While neurons often contain multiple dendrites to bring information into the cells, each has a single _________ responsible for transmitting information from the cell body to the intended recipient of the neuron's message.

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Nerve

The primary cells of the nervous system are nerve cells. They relay electrical messages to other cells and organs in the body.

Perikaryon/cell body

The cell body contains all the general parts of the along with the nucleus.

Dendritic spines

Dendritic spine is responsible for receiving input from a single synapse of an axon.

Axon

Axon is a nerve fibre which is the projection of the cell.

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