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A neuroma is the medical term meaning tumor made of nerve cells.

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Q: What are masses of nerve tissue called?
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What is the tissue for the nerve cell?

I don't know since I am taking a test, but I just put "neuron" for the heck of it.


What is the tissue of the brain and spinal cord containing nerve cell bodies?

It is still nerve tissue but it is what is called grey matter


What is the layer of meninges which attaches to the nerve tissue?

A nerve cell is actually called a neuron. It is the structural and functional unit of the nervous system. It can also be called a nerve fiber.


Is a nerve an organ?

Yes nerve is an organ of nervous system ., Each nerve is a cordlike structure that contains many axons. These axons are often referred to as 'fibres'. Within a nerve, each axon is surrounded by a layer of connective tissue called the endoneurium. The axons are bundled together into groups called fascicles, and each fascicle is wrapped in a layer of connective tissue called the perineurium. Finally, the entire nerve is wrapped in a layer of connective tissue called the epineurium.


How is the functions of nerve tissue different from the epithelial tissue?

How is the function of nerve tissue different from that of epithelial tissue?


Is bone an example of nerve tissue?

Bone is quite different from nerve tissue. It is not an excitable tissue.


What are ganglia?

They can be one of two things:-Structures containing a number of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fibre, masses of nerve tissue joined to various nerves and other sensory organs called Cerebral Ganglia.An abnormal benign swelling on a tendon sheath, frequently found on the wrist.


What is a functional property of nervous tissue called?

A functional property of nervous tissue called irritability is the ability to respond to a stimulus and convert it into a nerve impulse.


Tissue that forms nerves and the brain?

Nervous (nerve) tissue.


What does the tissues responsible for sensing stimuli?

The body tissue that has fibers that react to stimuli is called the "nervous tissue". The nervous tissue is composed of neurons or nerve cells that receive and transmit impulses and the "neuroglia" that help to transmit nerve impulses and also provide nutrition for the nerve cells.


What is the celiac ganlion?

Two large irregularly shaped masses of nerve tissue in the upper abdomen. It's also sometimes referred to as semilunar ganglia or solar ganglia


Another name for a bundle of nerve fibers is what?

It is called a dendrite.~