The year is 2020 and researchers have developed a technique for accurately counting different types of cells found in the nervous system. You put a section of nerve tissue through the device

Which of the following will it report as an analysis of your sample of tissue?
a) Neurons outnumber glial cells.
b) Glial cells outnumber neurons.
c) There are an equal number of neurons and glial cells.
d) Glial cells and neurons cannot be distinguished and therefore cannot be counted.


ANS: b

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