Nervous tissue: Neuron and Neuroglia Nervous tissue contains densely packed nerve cell ( neuron) ,which are specialized for nerve impulse conduction. Origin- ectoderm Nervous tissue consists of Neuron or nerve cell (functional unit of Nervous system) Neuroglia (glial cell) Neuron: About 100 billions of neurons are present in nervous system. They are Specialised type of cell, they vary in shape and size, all neurons contains three principle parts- cell body, dendrites and an axon Cell body Has a large nucleus, which contain prominent nucleolus, as well as other several structures (Nissl bodies, ER,lysosome, mitochondria, neuroflament), responsible for metabolism, growth and repair of neuron Nissl bodies- made up of RNA, RER and free ribosome, help in protein synthesis Neurofilament and neurotubules are thread like protein, runs parallel to long process Neurofilament- semisolid structure that provide skeletal ...