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  • Nerve - a collection of fibres made up of neurons with a protective sheath through which sensory stimuli and motor impulses pass between the brain or other parts of the central nervous system and other parts of the body
  • Nervous system - the system of cells, tissues, organs that regulate the body's responses to internal and external stimuli
  • Neuritis - inflammation of a nerve
  • Neurones - nerve cells that conduct impulses
  • Neutron - an electrically neutral subatomic particle
  • Niche - special area of demand for a product or service
  • Nucleus - part of a cell that contains hereditary factors or central part of an atom made up of protons and neutrons
  • Nutrition - the process by which a living organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and repair