Foundation
Biology Foundation
Animal Tissue
Question
Draw a diagram of the human nerve cell. Justify its shape with regards to its function.
Know your College Admission Chances Based on your Rank/Percentile, Category and Home State.
Get your JEE Main Personalised Report with Top Predicted Colleges in JoSA
Solution
Neurons carry information from the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body by means of electrical signals. Since electrical signals travel much faster than chemical signals, neurons are long and thin to minimize the number of slower chemical signals that would be required between links in a chain of many shorter neurons.