Question

Who discovered nerve cell?

Answer 1

Nerve cell:

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

Discovered by:

1. Heinrich Wilhelm Waldeyer coined the term ‘neuron’ in 1891 and described it as the basic functional unit of the nervous system.
2. Purkinje cells were the first nerve cells to be identified by Johannes Purkinje.