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it is long and thin so can carry impulses quickly and easily from the central nervous system (the spinal chord and brain) to the parts of the body that have recieved a reaction.
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How are neuron and nerve similar in function?
This is just terminology. Neuron = 'nerve cell'
What is the function of the cell body?
The cell body is the main part of the neuron. It maintains the health of the neuron.
How a neuron adapted to carry out their particular job and function?
It is a long cell like a piece of wire and it secretes chemicals to transmit signals across the gaps between the cells.
What is the basic function of a neuron?
A neuron is an electrically excitable cell, that transmits signals (after processing) to another neuron or tissue. It sends out information to the brain.
What kind of cell perform the main function of the nervous system?
neuron
How is a mesophyll cell adapted to its function?
They contain chloroplasts.
Dendrites function in the motor neuron?
To carry the nerve impulse from the CNS to the cell body
What statement best describes a function of a nerve cell?
A nerve cell (neuron) transmits information from a part of the body to the brain
How is a nerve specialised to carry out its function?
A nerve cell is called a neuron. The neuron has dendrites that receive impules from the previous neuron and send it to the cell body and an axon that transmits the impulse to the next neuron. There is a space between one cell's axon and the next cell's dendrites called a synapse. Neurotransmitters are released from the axon terminal to carry the impulse across the synapse.
What is the function of the nucleus in a neuron?
same as in any cell, the nucleus contains the cell's DNA and is responsible for protein production and packaging
What is a collection of neuron cell bodies with a common function?
They are called nucleus. For instance, nucleus of cranial nerves.
What is the structure and function unit of the nervous system?
The structural and functional unit of the nervous system is the neuron cell.
