When a finger or other appendage is severed in an accident,it is possible to surgically rejoin most tissues (bone,skin,etc.),which will then grow and heal.However,a cut through an appendage nerve is currently very difficult to reconnect.What structures are severed when the nerves in an appendage are severed?
A)axons
B)synapses
C)cell bodies
D)dendrites
E)interneurons

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Axons are the long, threadlike parts of a nerve cell along which impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells. When nerves are severed, it is the axons that are primarily affected.

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