Item CE135001: Nerve cells both obtain energy from food and eliminate waste material.
A specialized function of living nerve cells is to transmit electrical signals from the brain to the rest of the body. Which of the following is TRUE of nerve cells?
- Nerve cells obtain energy from food, and they eliminate their own waste material.
- Nerve cells obtain energy from food, but they do not eliminate their own waste material.
- Nerve cells eliminate their own waste material, but they do not obtain energy from food.
- Nerve cells do not eliminate their own waste material, and they do not obtain energy from food.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 3204 |
6–8 n = 1980 |
9–12 n = 1211 |
Male n = 1576 |
Female n = 1563 |
English n = 2831 |
Other n = 294 |
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| A. | 35% | 35% | 35% | 33% | 36% | 35% | 32% |
| B. | 31% | 31% | 31% | 32% | 30% | 31% | 31% |
| C. | 16% | 17% | 15% | 17% | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| D. | 18% | 18% | 19% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 20% |