A super-powerful microscope is being used to look at the cells of the nervous system. When the professor projects the image so the class can see, she asks the students to pay special attention to the size and number of glial cells and neurons
What are the students likely to observe?
a) Neurons are larger but there are far more glial cells.
b) Although neurons are smaller, there are more of them than glial cells.
c) The two types of cells are similar in number, but neurons are smaller.
d) There are far more neurons because they are so small that they fit into small spaces.
ANS: a
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