Answer:
A typical neuron consists of a cell body (soma), dendrites, and a single axon. The soma is usually compact. The axon and dendrites are filaments that extrude from it. Dendrites typically branch profusely and extend a few hundred micrometers from the soma. The axon leaves the soma at a swelling called the axon hillock (<em><u>the axon hillock also has the greatest density of voltage-dependent sodium channels. This makes it the most easily excited part of the neuron and the spike initiation zone for the axon</u></em>) and it branches but usually maintains a constant diameter. At the farthest tip of the axon's branches are axon terminals, where the neuron can transmit a signal across the synapse to another cell.
<em>In general, dendrites receive the electrical signal from other neurons, and this signal is transmitted over long distances from the axon.</em>
Like all animal cells, the cell body of every neuron is enclosed by a plasma membrane, a bilayer of lipid molecules with many types of protein structures embedded in it. A lipid bilayer is a powerful electrical insulator, but in neurons, many of the protein structures embedded in the membrane are electrically active. These include ion channels that permit electrically charged ions to flow across the membrane and ion pumps that chemically transport ions from one side of the membrane to the other to generate the action potential that generates the electrical signal. They also have a highly developed synthetic apparatus for the production of neurotransmitters
It processes and bundles macromolecules like proteins as they are synthesized in the cell. It is also involved in secretion and intracellular transport.
I think one major difference with that is that animals can move around, go distances in search for food or mate, and thus make the animal densities per geography vary greatly. Birds migrate regularly, so their population densities tend to vary with seasons. Their mobility also depends on the availability of food, so animals go away if there are no food in the area.
Plants on the other hand don't move around faster (they can migrate by reproduction: it's their seeds moving around). Thus their densities tend to be more constant per season/life cycle.
Answer:
The given blank can be filled with reservoir.
Explanation:
A reservoir refers to a natural or man-made lake, pond or pool, which is utilized as a supply of water. It is generally produced using a lock or dam, like in river valleys a dam is used. It comprises a section of the biosphere, which fills in as a long haul zone of stockpiling for supplements or water. A reservoir can be formed by manipulating the flow of water from a prevailing water body.
