Define the following terms a. Nerve cell b. Cell

 Define the following terms

a.  Nerve cell
b.  Cell

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          1.  Nerve cell

       -->    The basic unit of communication in the nervous system is the nerve cell (neuron). Each nerve cell consists of the cell body, which includes the nucleus, a major branching fiber  (axon) and numerous smaller branching fibers (dendrites).

          2.  Cell

         -->  The cell (from Latin cella, meaning "small room") is the basic structural, functional, and biological unit of all known organisms. A cell is the smallest unit of life. ... Cells were discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665, who named them for their resemblance to cells by Christian monks in a monastery.