ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
what is the main function of the central nervous system?
A
It also controls simple musculoskeletal reflexes without input from the brain.
B
The central nervous system CNS is responsible for integrating sensory information and responding accordingly.
C
The central nervous system main function is the motor because without a motor you can die.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The central nervous system CNS is responsible for integrating sensory information and responding accordingly. It consists of two main components: The spinal cord serves as a conduit for signals between the brain and the rest of the body. It also controls simple musculoskeletal reflexes without input from the brain.

Detailed explanation-2: -It controls intelligence, memory, personality, emotion, speech, and ability to feel and move. It is divided into left and right hemispheres, linked by a band of nerve fibres in the centre of the brain called the corpus callosum.

Detailed explanation-3: -The central nervous system (CNS) controls most functions of the body and mind. It consists of two parts: the brain and the spinal cord. The brain is the center of our thoughts, the interpreter of our external environment, and the origin of control over body movement.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Central Nervous System (CNS) is the most important unit in an organism as it is the ‘centre’ or the hub which instigates information, commands and coordinates and also influences all the other activities within a body. Thus it is often called the central processing unit of the body.

Detailed explanation-5: -Control of body’s internal environment to maintain ‘homeostasis’ An example of this is the regulation of body temperature. Programming of spinal cord reflexes. An example of this is the stretch reflex. Memory and learning. Voluntary control of movement.

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