If an electric current is passed through a nerve of a man, then man
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(c) Human body, though has a large resistance of the order, of $K\Omega $(say $10\,K\Omega $), is very sensitive to minute currents even as low as a few $mA$. Electrons, excites and disorders the nervous system of the body and hence one fails to control the activity of the body.
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