Abstract
A nerve trunk comprises many single neurones (nerve cells). Thus, the nerve cell is the basic constituent of the nervous system (figure 1.1) and there are some 1 × 1012 neurones in the human nervous system. The neurone comprises three distinct portions, the cell body, the axon and the nerve terminal.
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Green, J.H. (1990). Organization of the nervous system. In: The Autonomic Nervous System and Exercise. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2919-8_1
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