Question

As you move your finger to touch your nose, specialized neurons called Purkinje cells in the cerebellum are receiving weak motor function signals from hundreds of thousands of other neurons. What aspect of Purkinje cells would you expect to be more extensively developed than other neurons?

a) Smaller soma
b) More dendrites
c) Increased axon length
d) Less myelination
e) More axon terminals

Answer 1

Purkinje cells have more extensively developed dendrites than other neurons.

Step-by-step explanation:

In Purkinje cells, the aspect that would be more extensively developed than other neurons is more dendrites. Dendrites are the branched extensions of a neuron that receive signals from other neurons and allow for the integration of information.

In the case of Purkinje cells, their extensive dendritic branching enables them to receive synaptic contact from hundreds of thousands of other neurons, which is essential for their role in motor function.