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Lesson: Chapter 6 — The Structure and Function of Plant and Animal Cells

6.2. The concept of the cell 2 of 6

Question 2

Nerve cells are shaped for which job?

The right answer is the one marked above.

The conduction of impulses. Sending impulses from one part of the body to another is their function.

This is an example of why the cell is called the functional unit: the job decides the shape of the cell.

Answer the question to continue.