It indicates how information flows in cells and indicates a lot about the work that a cell does in maintaining and recreating itself, and maintaining its environment.

这个图展示了信息如何在细胞内传递,以及细胞,在维持 复制自身,和维持其周围环境所需起的作用

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Information flows from the dendrites, through the cell body, down the axon.

信息从树突发出,穿过细胞体,传至轴突

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