Zoology - Structural Organisation in Animals Question with Solution | TestHub

The pair of structures that distinguish a nerve cell from other cells are perikaryon and dendrites. The soma or perikaryon or cyton, is the bulbous end of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus The processes which arise from neuron are called neurites. These are of two types: Dendrites and axons. Dendrites conduct the nerve impulse towards the nerve cell body and are called afferent processes.