Nerve Cells
by David M. Phillips
Title
Nerve Cells
Artist
David M. Phillips
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of human nerve cells showing axons and dendrites. From the Greek dendron, or tree, dendrites are bush like projections sprouting from a nerve's center, or cell body. Dendrites bring information from outside sources such as other neurons or sensory cells to the neuron's cell body. As the dendrites transmit information towards the cell body, a longer projection called the axon will carry information away from the cell body to other neurons.
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June 30th, 2014
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