RT Book, Section A1 Mescher, Anthony L. SR Print(0) ID 1160661841 T1 Nerve Tissue & the Nervous System T2 Junqueira’s Basic Histology: Text and Atlas, 15e YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260026177 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160661841 RD 2024/04/20 AB The human nervous system, by far the most complex system in the body, is formed by a network of many billion nerve cells (neurons), all assisted by many more supporting cells called glial cells. Each neuron has hundreds of interconnections with other neurons, forming a very complex system for processing information and generating responses.