EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The skull protects the brain and forms the shape of the face. The spinal cord, a pathway for messages between the brain and the body, is protected by the backbone, or spinal column.

Detailed explanation-2: -The skull is anterior to the spinal column and is the bony structure that encases the brain. Its purpose is to protect the brain and allow attachments for the facial muscles.

Detailed explanation-3: -The brain is protected by the bones of the skull and by a covering of three thin membranes called meninges.

Detailed explanation-4: -The bones in the skull and face protect the brain, provide facial structure, and provide the openings that allow food, water, and air to enter the body. There are 22 bones in the skull, eight of which protect and surround the brain. The other 14 bones form our facial structure.

Detailed explanation-5: -Encased in the skull, the brain is the body’s centralized conveyor of all information. Much of its job involves receiving information from the rest of the body, interpreting that information, and then guiding the body’s response to it.