• Question: • What is the best possible way to define a nerve and other cellular structures in a way that is the same with all living creatures?

    Asked by ChellPortal to Andy, Duane, Giovanna, Katie, Theresia on 11 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 11 Nov 2014:


      It is probably by looking at it down a microscope

    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 11 Nov 2014:


      We can use specific antibodies that recognise the cells within the nerve. Then using microscopes we can study how nerves interact with other tissues.

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