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Nerve Tissue

By Valerie C. Scanlon, PhD and Tina Sanders on April 19th 2008

Nerve tissue consists of nerve cells called neurons and some specialized cells found only in the nervous system. The nervous system has two divisions: the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The brain and spinal cord are the organs of the CNS. They are made of neurons and specialized cells called […]

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