Temperatures range from daytime highs in the 50s, to low 40s. It will get below freezing several times and often into the 20s for a day or two. It rains a lot during these four months, but the temperatures are not extreme like in other interior states of the country.
View Full Document. Neuron - A specialized cell that conducts impulses through the nervous system. Dendrites â In a neuron, the branch-like extensions of the cell body that receive signals from other neurons. Synapse â The junction where the axon terminal of a sending neuron communicates with a receiving neuron across the synaptic cleft.
The characteristic of a nerve cell that relates directly to its  function in receiving and transmitting nerve impulses is its long  extensions.erve cells are specialized cells for neuron function by bio chemical ion diffusion to transmit electrical impulses as information from neural cortices to muscles/organs for c â¦ oordination of body function.