Chapter 8, Problem 27RQ

Summary Introduction

To determine: Human babies cannot sit up, crawl, or focus their eyes within hours after being born although their neurons and muscles are fully functional and developed at the time of birth.

Introduction: Neurons are well developed in human beings at the time of birth. The neuron is the structural and functional unit of the nervous system. Neurons transmit the information from one neuronal cell to the other. The human brain contains millions of neurons.