EMBRYOLOGY
NERVOUS SYSTEM
Question
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1, 000
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1, 000 billion
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1 million
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1, 000 trillion
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Detailed explanation-1: -Each neuron may be connected to up to 10, 000 other neurons, passing signals to each other via as many as 1, 000 trillion synapses.
Detailed explanation-2: -The human brain consists of 100 billion neurons and over 100 trillion synaptic connections. There are more neurons in a single human brain than stars in the milky way! During development, neurons navigate this complex cellular environment and assemble into functional circuits.
Detailed explanation-3: -Human Brain as a Scaled-Up Primate Brain Remarkably, at an average of 86 billion neurons and 85 billion nonneuronal cells (25), the human brain has just as many neurons as would be expected of a generic primate brain of its size and the same overall 1:1 nonneuronal/neuronal ratio as other primates (26).
Detailed explanation-4: -The human brain is the most complicated organ that nature has ever created: 100 billion nerve cells and many more contact points between them provide our brain with capabilities that no supercomputer can match to this day.