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Yes, a neuron is a single cell that serves as the basic functional unit of the nervous system, responsible for transmitting information. In contrast, a nerve is a bundle of multiple neurons, along with their connective tissue, that carries electrical signals between the brain, spinal cord, and other parts of the body. Thus, neurons are the individual components, while nerves are the collective structures that facilitate communication within the nervous system.
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What does a bundle of neurons form?
A bundle of neurons is called a nerve. The neuron bundle, nerve, has afferent and efferent pathways, that means that it is like highways that are parallel to each other yet carry impulses, or traffic, in both directions.
What is another name for Nerve Cells?
Neuron is another name for a nerve cell.
What does a bundle of neurons do?
A bundle of neurons makes up a nerve, which will send messages from parts of the body to other areas.
A bundle of nerve fibers?
The bundle of the nerve fibers is a collection of the threadlike extension of the nerve cell that consists of the myelin sheath and axon in the nervous system. There are nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system.
What type of nervous tissue that conducts a nerve impulse?
Neurons
When nerve impulses from several presynaptic neurons stimulate a single postsynaptic neuron at the same time it is called?
chemical synapse
What is another name for a bundle of neurons?
Rarley i have heard them be called "nervous cells" but nothing else
How does the nerve signal move through the neuron?
in transmitting a nerve signal such as from your hand to your brain, several neurons are involved. Nerve cells can receive and transmit signals.the dendrites of one neuron are close to the axon of another neuron. The point where neurons meet is called a synapse
Difference between a neuron and a nerve?
A bundle of axons is a nerve. A neuron is the cell of the nervous system and is composed of dendrites, axon, and the cell body.
Are neurons and nerves the same thing?
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.
What is the nerve fiber that extends from a neuron and transmits electical impulses from that neuron to the dendrites of other neurons?
The axon
What does neuron d0?
A neuron is a single unit of nerve fiber. Most neurons jobs are to allow chemical and electrical impulses to pass from one part of the body to the other. Neurons in the brain function the same way, sending impulses back and forth.
