Question

Imagine your forearm, hand, and fingers as a giant model of a neuron. based on this model, forearm is to finger as _____ is to _____.

Answer 1

Fore arm is to finger as AXON is to DENDRITES.
When the fore arm, the hand and the fingers are compared to a giant neuron, then, the fore arm will represent the axon while the fingers will represent the dendrites.

Answer 2

In comparing your forearm, hand and fingers to a neuron; the dendrites are compared to fingers and the axon is compared to the forearm.

Step-by-step explanation

Dendrites are branch like fibers that extend in cluster from the neuron’s cell body. The axon is a long, tube like structure that extends from a neutron’s cell body. Dendrites serve as the input region of the neuron and receive information from other cells. Axon connects with other cells in the body at junctions called synapses.