Nails and hair are both made up of dead cells. They do not have nerve cells. Hence we don’t feel the pain when they are cut.
Question
We do not sense any pain when we clip our nails or cut our hair. Why?
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Classify the following terms into cells, tissues and organs and write in the tabular column given below. RBC, WBC, nerve cell, blood vessels, brain, heart, hand, blood, muscle, nerve.
| Cell | Tissue | Organ |
| ——– | ——– | ——– |
| ——– | ——– | ——– |
| ——– | ——– | ——– |
(i) Does it represent a plant cell or an animal cell? (ii) Does it represent a prokaryotic cell or a eukaryotic cell?