GROSS ANATOMY

GROSS ANATOMY

BRAIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
THE BRAIN AND THE SPINAL CORD MAKE UP THE ____ NERVOUS SYSTEM
A
CENTRAL
B
PERIPHERAL
C
AUTONOMIC
D
SOMATIC
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The central nervous system (CNS) is made up of the brain and spinal cord. It is one of 2 parts of the nervous system. The other part is the peripheral nervous system, which consists of nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body. The central nervous system is the body’s processing centre.

Detailed explanation-2: -The central nervous system is made up of the brain and spinal cord: The brain controls how we think, learn, move, and feel. The spinal cord carries messages back and forth between the brain and the nerves that run throughout the body.

Detailed explanation-3: -The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system includes the nerves that run throughout the whole body.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is the brain? The brain is a complex organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger and every process that regulates our body. Together, the brain and spinal cord that extends from it make up the central nervous system, or CNS.

Detailed explanation-5: -The parasympathetic nervous system is composed of cells located in the brain stem and the sacral region of the spinal cord, and for this reason it has been referred to as the craniosacral system. The cranial preganglionic neurons project to the cranial nerves (CNs) with autonomic activity: III, VII, IX, and X.

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