PATHOLOGY MCQ
NERVOUS SYSTEM
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Question
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Approximately how many synapses are located in our brains?
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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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Explanation:
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: -Approximately 86 billion neurons in the human brain.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
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