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Fig. 50. Ganglion Cell with Nerve Fibers Growing from It 



Ganglion cells are the most important components of the nervous system 

 of men and animals. The entire brain of man is composed of billions of 

 similar cells. They differ from other body cells in their capacity to grow 

 very long nerve-fibers that transmit impulses through the human body and 

 thus make possible the movement and functioning of its diversified parts. 



Fig. 51. Artificial Cell with Long Projections 



It is almost unbelievable that such a make-shift as an osmotic cell 

 should be capable of growing fibers resembling the nerve cells sprouting 

 from a ganglion, as closely as is shown in this figure. This is another 

 achievement of Stephane Leduc. 



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