Chapter 8, Problem 36RA

Summary Introduction

To review:

The rate of conduction of sensory axons, in meter per sec and miles per hour.

Introduction:

The neurons or nerve cells are regarded as the constituting and working units of the brain. It is made up of three parts, that are axons, dendrites and the cell body. It contains a long threadlike part which is responsible for the conduction of impulse from the cell body to other cells.