The longest cell in the human body is
(a) a nerve cell.
(b) a muscle cell.
(c) a white blood cell.
(d) both nerve and muscle cells.

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Solution

(a) a nerve cell
Nerve cells have a long projection called the axon, because of which they are very long .

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