MEDICAL
NERVES
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Question
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Neuron is another word for ____
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nerve cell
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brain
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tissue
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messages
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A type of cell that receives and sends messages from the body to the brain and back to the body. The messages are sent by a weak electrical current. Also called neuron.
Detailed explanation-2: -You can also call a neuron a nerve cell, or a cell whose job it is to carry electrochemical messages throughout the nervous system.
Detailed explanation-3: -Functionally, neurons are classified as afferent, efferent, or interneurons (association neurons) according to the direction in which they transmit impulses relative to the central nervous system. Afferent, or sensory, neurons carry impulses from peripheral sense receptors to the CNS.
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