PATHOLOGY MCQ
NERVOUS SYSTEM
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Question
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What is the purpose of neurons?
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Neurons control persons imagination
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Neurons coordinate skeletal muscles
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Neurons transmit messages throughout body
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Neurons control heart beat, breathing, and digestion
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Messages, in the form of electrical impulses, constantly travel back and forth between the brain and other parts of the body. A special cell called a neuron is responsible for carrying these messages. There are about 100 billion neurons in the human brain.
Detailed explanation-2: -Different neurons have different jobs. For example, sensory neurons send information from the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin to the brain. Motor neurons carry messages away from the brain to the rest of the body to allow muscles to move.
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