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nervous system
cns
Question | Answer |
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MELINGES CUSHION:protective fibrous connective tissue (outer most layer) | DURA |
MELINGES CUSHION: net like connective tissue space for csf and blood vessels | ARACHNOID |
MELINGES CUSHION: attached to brain tons of blood vessels to supply nutrition to brain | PIA |
How many bones are in the cranium? | 8 |
What is the difference between CNS and PNS? | central nervous system is the brain and spinal chord. peripheral nervous system is everything else |
Cerebro Spinal Fluid | Carries nutrients and waste, protects "shock absorbers", surrounds and suspends, circulates ventricles down central canal of spinal chord back up to arachnoid |
cerebro spinal fluid circulate through what? | Ventricles |
The spinal chord is protected by what? | vertebra |
Controls functions of other body systems to work effortlessly and harmoniously | nervous system |
what does the nervous system encourage | analysis, comparisons, and coordination |
Afferent | into the CNS |
Efferent | from the CNS |
Cranium protects the_____. | Brain |