Question

robert picks up a metal pan lid that was covering a pot of boiling water, and he drops it immediately. cells in his fingers sent the message that his finger had touched heat.
read each of the phrases that describe cells that send messages to the brain. drag each phrase into the correct box.
cell that carries information through the nervous system
receives information and sends it away from the cell
branched structure that picks up information
dendrite
neuron
axon

Explanation:

To solve this, we match the descriptions with the correct nervous system components:

• Dendrite: A branched structure that picks up information (dendrites receive signals).
• Neuron: A cell that carries information through the nervous system (neurons are the basic functional units of the nervous system for signal transmission).
• Axon: Receives information and sends it away from the cell (axons transmit signals away from the neuron cell body).
• The "nervous system" is the overall system, but the cell - related descriptions match neuron, dendrite, axon as above.

Answer:

• Dendrite: branched structure that picks up information
• Neuron: cell that carries information through the nervous system
• Axon: receives information and sends it away from the cell