Question
Write short note : Nerve cell
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Answer
- Nerve cells also called as neurons are special types of cells which conduct impulses from one place to another in the body.
- Neurons are the structural and functional units of the nervous system.
- Nerve cells, the largest cell in the human body, may measure upto a few metres in length.
- Nerve cells have the ability to generate and conduct electrochemical impulse.
- The cells that support the nerve cells and help in their functioning are called neuroglia. Nerve cells and neuroglial cells together form nerves.
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