The tail enables the sperm to swim. The nerve cell is extended, so that nerves can run to and from different parts of the body to the central nervous system. The cell has extensions and branches ...

Nerve cells have branched connections at each end ... There are different types of muscle cell, each perfectly adapted to its function: Cardiac (heart) muscle cells contract and relax to pump ...

The broad answer is that our brains undergo adaptations to accommodate new ... of synapses—the connections between individual nerve cells, called neurons—where brain communication takes ...

The detailed map of connections between nerve cells in the macaque claustrum and ... This may shed insight into how unique adaptations contribute to consciousness. "Together, these findings ...