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Neurons are found in, and are the basis of, the nervous system.

Most multicellular animals have a nervous system, which functions to send signals from one cell to others, and/or from one part of the body to another part. The cells which convey these signals are called neurons.

Neurons are specialized cells which are excitable, in that they can fire an electrochemical impulsealong their length when sufficiently stimulated, and they can pass that impulse to other neurons or to muscles through very small gaps between them called synapses. Neurons can also receive signals from sensory structures like eyes or ears, and process those signals in assemblages of neurons, brains.

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