LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259285271
Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The neuron is an excitable cell that transmits nerve impulse and communicates with other cells with the help of synapse. Synapse is the junction of the gap between two consecutive neurons.

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