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Name the tissue that is responsible for the transmission of stimulus?


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Nervous tissue:

  1. Nervous tissues are specialized tissue for receiving stimuli and transmitting messages.
  2. The structural and functional unit of the nervous tissue is called neurons.

Neuron:

The neuron is made up of three types: Cyton, Dendrites, and Axon.

  1. Cyton or cell body: Each neuron has a cell body that contains a nucleus.
  2. Dendrite: The dendrites are branch-like structures that receive nerve impulses.
  3. Axon: Axon is the single, long, cylindrical tube-like structure that carries impulses to another neuron.

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