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Why does the body need so many neurons?

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Where there are no neurons you can not feel or move. For example try to bent and move your hair without touching it or when you get a hair cut you dont feel pain because here are no nerves in the hair the same would be true if you lacked neurons in other parts of the body.

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Because other wise your body would damage itself eg hammering a nail through your finger wouldn't hurt and you wouldn't realise until you look at it.

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They enable electrical activity in the brain called action potentials.

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The most type of neuron in the human body is?

Multipolar neurons This is the most common type of neuron, with one axon and many dendrites. Multipolar neurons are so-named because they have many (multi-) processes that extend from the cell body: lots of dendrites plus a single axon. Functionally, these neurons are either motor (conducting impulses that will cause activity such as the contraction of muscles) or association (conducting impulses and permitting 'communication' between neurons within the central nervous system).


What are the names of the cells in your brain?

Brain cells are called neurons. There are many different classifications of neurons - by size, shape, location, function, and so forth.


What is the similarities of neurons and motor neurons?

Functionally, neurons come in three varieties; motor neurons, sensory neurons and interneurons. Motor neurons conduct motor impulses from the CNS to the muscles. Sensory neurons conduct motor impulses from the rest of the body to the CNS. Interneurons connect the sensory to the motor so we can respond to incoming sensory stimuli.


What are cells that can not reproduce?

I guess you are asking which cell cannot undergo Mitosis? Brain cells usually stop at the first checkpoint of the G1 of the cell cycle and therefore never reproduce. Some adults have found brain cells to reproduce under certain conditions.


How many nerve cells are there in the body?

billions. The exact number cannot be known. We can estimate that because the nervous system makes up about 5% of the human body, and the human body contains anywhere from 10 - 100 trillion cells, that about 0.5 - 5 trillion are nerve cells.

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Why does the human body have so many neurons?

These areas have lots of neurons because our special senses are located there, plus the information that we receive from our hands, lips, and head are very important for survival.


The most type of neuron in the human body is?

Multipolar neurons This is the most common type of neuron, with one axon and many dendrites. Multipolar neurons are so-named because they have many (multi-) processes that extend from the cell body: lots of dendrites plus a single axon. Functionally, these neurons are either motor (conducting impulses that will cause activity such as the contraction of muscles) or association (conducting impulses and permitting 'communication' between neurons within the central nervous system).


Explain why hands lips and head have so many neurons?

No


What are the names of the cells in your brain?

Brain cells are called neurons. There are many different classifications of neurons - by size, shape, location, function, and so forth.


What is the similarities of neurons and motor neurons?

Functionally, neurons come in three varieties; motor neurons, sensory neurons and interneurons. Motor neurons conduct motor impulses from the CNS to the muscles. Sensory neurons conduct motor impulses from the rest of the body to the CNS. Interneurons connect the sensory to the motor so we can respond to incoming sensory stimuli.


What are cells that can not reproduce?

I guess you are asking which cell cannot undergo Mitosis? Brain cells usually stop at the first checkpoint of the G1 of the cell cycle and therefore never reproduce. Some adults have found brain cells to reproduce under certain conditions.


What has the neuron got to do with the brain?

So, neurons are in the blood vessels. blood vessels originate from the brain. So, the main source of the cardiovascular system starts with the brain. Then arteries and veins spread all over the human body. and neurons lie within the vessels.


What is the functional connection between neuron and a skeletal muscle fiber?

The neurons build our brain tissue, and our brain control our body. So the neurons are giving signals to the muscles and also receive signals for pain, hurt, pressure and etc.


What connects to sensory neurons?

You have three neurons in the reflex arc. You have the afferent, the intermediate and efferent neurons in the reflex arc. So the answer is intermediate neuron.


Why is the mind so complex?

The mind is composed of neurons (nerve cells) in the brain. There are billions of neurons in a cubic inch of brain matter. These neurons can form connections with any number of other neurons in trillions of different ways. That is complex, so the mind is complex.


How many nerve cells are there in the body?

billions. The exact number cannot be known. We can estimate that because the nervous system makes up about 5% of the human body, and the human body contains anywhere from 10 - 100 trillion cells, that about 0.5 - 5 trillion are nerve cells.


What cell is very long so that messages can be sent right around the body?

The neurons are the longest cells in the body, some reaching a length of 2 metres (6 feet). The motor and sensory neurons are he longest ones and the nerve impulses travelling through them are carried from 2m/s to up to 150 m/s.