Question

Explain the structure and functions of neuron in detail with a neat labelled diagram.

Answer 1

1. Nervous tissue comprises of the nerve cells or neurons. They are the longest cells of the body.
2. Neurons are the structural and functional units of the nervous tissue.
3. The elongated and slender processes of the neurons are the nerve fibres.
4. Each neuron consists of a cell body or cyton with nucleus and cytoplasm.
5. The dendrons are short and highly branched protoplasmic processes of cyton.
6. The axon is a single, long fibre like process that develops from the cyton and ends up with fine terminal branches.

Structure of neuron