Are neurons and nerves the same thing?

Answer 1

A neuron (or neurone) is an individual cell of the nervous system. Neurons communicate with one another and other tissues through long processes that extend from their cell bodies. There are different names for these processes; some are called dendrites, others are called axons. Often it is fine to be vague and just call them fibers.

Fibers of multiple neurons serving a similar function can come together and be wrapped up in a piece of connective tissue. These fibers and their surrounding connective tissue are called a nerve.

Answer 2

No, neurons are the cells that make up the nervous system, while nerves are bundles of these neurons that transmit signals throughout the body. Neurons are specialized cells that process and transmit information, while nerves are the structures that carry these signals to and from the brain and spinal cord.

Answer 3

A nerve is composed of one or more long nerve fibers called axons, that connect nerve cells to other parts of the body which may be as much as several feet distant from the nerve cells. With something like, for example, the optic nerve, you have a bundle of axons, each from a different cell, which connect the retina of the eye to the visual cortex of the brain. A single nerve can carry a lot of nerve impulses on its bundled axons, much as a phone cable can carry many phone messages on the individual wires inside the cable.

A nerve cell is part of a cell and a nerve is something completely different.

Answer 4

A nerve is a sensor that detects anything from heat to touch to electricity. When you "feel" something, you are using your nerves. A neuron is a nerve-like strand in your brain, and thousands and thousands of them make up virtually all of your brain.

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Answer 5

I'm almost positive that a nerve is a group of neurons bunched together.

Answer 6

i am almost positive that a nerve is a bundle of axons and a neuron is a type of cell that include a cell body, a dendrite, and and Axon.

Answer 7

A neuron is a single nerve cell and a nerve is a bundle of nerve cells.

Answer 8

They do not differ; they are synonymous terms.

Neurons are clusters of nerves.

Nerves are bundles of long neurons.

Neurons do not have a cell body.

Answer 9

no, they aren't. the axons of several neurons form a nerve (the axon is just a part of a neuron).

Answer 10

The neurons are the nerve cells that are found in the nervous tissue, the main component of nervous system. While a nerve fibre is a strand of cytoplasm extending from the cell body.