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Electrical wires transmit electrical currents (electrons) along the wire and are encased in a insulated jacket that keeps the wires from short circuiting with neighboring wires so the electrical current can travel quickly and efficiently along the wire. Nerves resemble these wires in that the axons of the nerve fibers are similar looking as they are enclosed in a myelinated sheath. Nuerons do not transmit electrical currents, but rather they transmit charged ions.

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What part of the human body would you compare to the speaker?

The mouth (larynx).


Why you get an electric shock if you touch live and neutral wire?

When you touch both the live and neutral wires, a difference in electric potential exists, creating a circuit through your body. This allows current to flow, resulting in an electric shock. The human body is a conductor of electricity, and the shock can disrupt normal electrical signals in the body, potentially causing injury or even death.


How much electric field is present in human body?

The human body typically has an electric field strength of around 10 to 100 millivolts per meter. This electric field is generated by the movement of charged particles within the body, such as ions in nerve cells and muscles. The electric field within the body plays a crucial role in various physiological processes, such as nerve conduction and muscle contraction.


Is it possible for a human to close an electrical circuit. Will the electricity go through him or is that not a closed circuit?

Yes, and yes. If electrical current flows through him, then he is part of a closed circuit. If the current is greater than some threshold amount, and it flows through certain specific parts of the body, then the result is the phenomenon known as "electrocution". It isn't pretty.


Why do you experience a shock in an open circuit?

You don't experience a shock in an open circuit. The only time that you can get a shock from an open circuit is when you act as a switch and close the circuit or you ground the circuit hot side to ground with your body. Current has to flow to give you a shock.

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What determines the damage caused to the human body by an electric shock?

You experience an electric shock when an electric current enters your body. A current can enter your body when you accidentally become part of an electric circuit. Whether you recieve a deadly shock depends on the amount of current that flows into your body. Answered on: October 24, 2011.


When does electric become hazardous to humans?

when it completes a circuit in the body


What factors determine the severity of electric shock on the human body?

The conductability situation of the object of study determins the severity of electric shock on the human body.


If you were to compare the cell wall to a part of the human body what will that be?

The skin


What part of the human body would you compare system unit in a computer?

This is the same as the human brain.


Does the human body has excess electric charge?

yes and no lmfao


What part of the human body would you compare to the speaker?

The mouth (larynx).


Is the human body a conducter?

Well the human body is mostly water which is a great conducter and I tested it (with a circuit) and found that it worked. So, yes.


Why is it possible for the human body to conduct electric currents?

Yes it is possible. That's how the electric chair works.


How do the properties of the elements found in the human body compare with the properties of the body itself?

lol i just forgot


What are the circulatory circuits?

The human body has a dual circulatory system: one circuit takes blood to and from the lungs (pulmonary circuit), the other supplies blood to the rest of the body.


Why you get an electric shock if you touch live and neutral wire?

When you touch both the live and neutral wires, a difference in electric potential exists, creating a circuit through your body. This allows current to flow, resulting in an electric shock. The human body is a conductor of electricity, and the shock can disrupt normal electrical signals in the body, potentially causing injury or even death.