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Answer;

-Receive information;

Explanation;

-Neurons are the basic building blocks of the nervous system. Each part of the neuron plays a role in communicating information throughout the body. Neurons carry messages throughout the body, including sensory information from external stimuli and signals from the brain to different muscle groups in the body.

-Neurons have specialized projections called dendrites and axons. Dendrites bring information to the cell body and axons take information away from the cell body. Information from one neuron flows to another neuron across a synapse. The synapse contains a small gap separating neurons.

The dendrites are the nerve cell projections whose purpose is to receiver information from the preceding neuron. The information transfer from neuron to neuron occurs via electrical impulses, and chemical signals. The transfer of these chemical signals is achieved via the dendrites. These chemical signals are transferred from one neuron to another at the synapse. The neurotransmitters are released in the synapse where the dendrites receive, process and transfer them.

Hence, the answer is 'receive information'.

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