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Draw the structure of a neuron and explain its function

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Neuron is highly specialized cell responsible for the transmission of nerve impulse.

  • Soma or cellbody is a star shaped hair like structure Hair like structures are called as dendrites. 
  • Dendrites receives nerve impulses. 
  • Axon is the tail of the nucleus it ends in hair like structures which makes nerve endings. 
  • Nerve endings relay nerve impulses. 
  • Mylein sheath acts as an insulator around the axon. 
  • It insulates axons from the electrical impulses from the surroundings. 
  • Function of neuron is to process and transmit information from brain to all parts of the body

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