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Hydra is the small simple freshwater animals. They do not have a recognisable brain or true muscles. Nerve fibres are in the forms of network. The type of neurons possessed by Hydra is

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Apolar
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Bipolar
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Unipolar
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Multipolar
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Solution

The correct option is A Apolar
Nervous system in hydra is made up of nerve cells that are apolar. They are joined and spread in its whole body in the form of a network. This network of nerve cells connect sensory photoreceptors and touch sensitive nerve cells present in the tentacles that help in adjusting to the environment. It does not have a brain. Thus the correct answer is option A.

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