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Name the cells that carry messages throughout the nervous system.


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Nervous system:

  1. The nervous system comprises the brain, the spinal cord, and nerve cells.
  2. It consists of specialized cells called neurons that serve as the nervous system's structural-functional unit.
  3. The neurons or nerve cells carry messages throughout the nervous system through electrochemical impulses
  4. These are the longest cells present in the human body.

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