AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
what is the rough number of neurons and there shape?
A
80% of roughly 100 billion neurons in the human nervous system are located in the brain & they vary in size from less than a millimetre to a metre long but all share same basic structure
B
roughly 100 million neurons in the nervous system located in the brain & they are the same size less than a centimetre long with the same structure
C
roughly 100 trillion neurons in the human nervous system located in the body & they all vary in size shape and length
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Those neurons, known as granule cells, account for 80 percent of the neurons in the brain – all packed into the cerebellum – but only about 10 percent of its volume.

Detailed explanation-2: -(2009), who found that the adult male human brain, at an average of 1.5 kg, has 86 billion neurons and 85 billion non-neuronal cells – numbers that deviate from the expected by 7 and 24% only.

Detailed explanation-3: -Approximately 86 billion neurons in the human brain.

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