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The structural and functional unit of nervous tissue is the:

  • A neuron
  • B nephron
  • C alveolus
  • D sarcomere

Correct answer: A. neuron

Explanation: The neuron (nerve cell) is the unit of nervous tissue.

Concept context

The four basic animal tissue types (epithelial, connective, muscular, neural) and the cockroach as a model organism for organ-system level organisation.

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