What is the unit of nervous system?

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Junaid Mirza
Apr 13, 2018

The basic unit of nervous system is neuron (nerve cell).

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NEURON

  • Neurons are the conductive cells of nervous tissue.
  • Neurons are the functional unit of nervous system because various functions of the neural systems are basically the functions of neurons.
  • On an average, human brain is made up of more that 100 billion neurons.
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