MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

PHYSIOLOGY

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

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Nervous tissue
A
Tissue that is responsible for lining, covering, and glandular tissue
B
Tissue responsible for protecting, supporting, and binding together other body tissues
C
Tissues that contracts and shortens to produce movement
D
Tissue that receives and conducts electrochemical impulses from one part of the body to another
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The cells in nervous tissue that generate and conduct impulses are called neurons or nerve cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although the nervous system is very complex, nervous tissue consists of just two basic types of nerve cells: neurons and glial cells. Neurons are the structural and functional units of the nervous system. They transmit electrical signals, called nerve impulses.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nervous tissue are the tissue which contains cells called neurones which transmit impulse.

Detailed explanation-4: -Neural tissue is specialized for the conduction of electrical impulses that convey information or instructions from one region of the body to another. Parts of neural tissue are neuron, synapse, neurotransmitters, neuroglia, Schwann cells.

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