Biology GCSE
nervous tissue repair
What nervous tissue repair means in Biology GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of nervous tissue repair
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Mature central neurones are specialised cells that do not readily undergo cell division, so damaged axons exhibit extremely limited regeneration.
Topics that use nervous tissue repair
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