MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

PHYSIOLOGY

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When the frog died in an experiment by Leonardo da Vinci?
A
Spinal cord was damaged by pushing a needle down it
B
Heart was damaged by pushing a needle down it
C
After the brain was removed
D
After the skin was removed
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Leonardo’s earliest surviving anatomical drawings are related to the nervous system and date from circa 1487, when he pithed a frog (pierced its spinal column). He may have been the first person to perform this experiment. He wrote: The frog instantly dies when its spinal medulla [medulla oblongata] is perforated.

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