_______________ make up more than one half the volume of neural tissue in our body.

Neurons

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Neuroglia

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Axons

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Dendrites

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Solution

The correct option is B
Neuroglia

Neurons contain axons (long, slender projections from the cells that conduct electrochemical impulses or action potentials).
Neuroglia: 1. These are supporting cells of nervous tissue.
Neuroglia make up about half the volume of the CNS. - smaller than neurons, and they are 5 to 50 times more numerous

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