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the nerve cell is branched like structure . explain

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A typical neuron possesses a cell body, dendrites, and an axon. Dendrites are thin structures that arise from the cell body, often extending for hundreds of micrometres and branching multiple times, giving rise to a complex "dendritic tree".As dendrites are highly branched so nerve cells or neurons are said to be branched structure.

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