nerve tissue
Signal-conducting cells
Nerve tissue is the biological material that makes up the nervous system—the brain, spinal cord, and nerves throughout the body.
It consists of neurons that transmit electrical signals and supporting cells that protect and nourish them.
The surgeon carefully avoided damaging the surrounding nerve tissue.
- myelin sheathLipid layer around axons
- axonNeuron's signal-sending projection
- neuronImpulse-conducting cell
- synapseNerve signal crossing point
- brainSeat of cognition
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- tissue developmentmorphogenesis, organogenesis, embryogenesis, regeneration, angiogenesis
- anatomybrain, heart, bones, liver, stomach
- biological organizationcell, organ, organism, organ system, organelle
- biological materialsblood, plasma, serum, bone marrow, stem cells
- body tissuesmuscle, bone, cartilage, fat, blood
- cytologycytology, Pap test, cell division, cytoplasm, chromosome
nerve tissuebone
Hard skeletal tissue
muscle tissue · bone tissue · connective tissue · cartilage · skeletal muscle
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