AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Nerves are like cables that carry electrical impulses between your brain and the rest of your body. These impulses help you feel sensations and move your muscles. They also maintain certain autonomic functions like breathing, sweating or digesting food. Nerve cells are also called neurons.

Detailed explanation-2: -Neurons or nerve cells carry signals throughout the nervous system. Groups of nerve cells get together to form the nerve tissue or nerves. A signal can pass through a nerve cell with a speed of 265 miles/hour.

Detailed explanation-3: -axon, also called nerve fibre, portion of a nerve cell (neuron) that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body. A neuron typically has one axon that connects it with other neurons or with muscle or gland cells. Some axons may be quite long, reaching, for example, from the spinal cord down to a toe.