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Each
neuron has a cell body (it directs
all activities of the neuron and provides energy for the neuron),
an axon (a long fiber that sends signals from a cell body), and several dendrites (tiny fibers that carry signals toward a cell body from other neurons.) |
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This diagram shows where the sense and movement areas are located in the brain. | |||||||||
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A map of the amount of cerebral cortex used to process the feeling of touch |