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Nervous System The Brain Power
By: Sarah Neag and Stefania OlteanuThe Nervous SystemThe Nervous System is responsible for all the processes that make human life possible. Its responsible for thinking, dreaming, holding memories2 separate systems: 1.Central Nervous System (CNS) 2. Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)CNS: includes the brain and the spinal cordPNS: everything else (nerves)
Interesting FactsThe brain has about 100 billion neurons.Spinal Cord: carries impulses 43 cm/17 in women 45 cm/18 in men 31 pairs of nerves
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Other facts about Nervous SystemThe most important part of the body is the nervous system, more specific, the brain.The nervous system is responsible for everything we do. Neurons are the most basic part of the nervous system. A neuron is a nerve cell . They are the only sells in the body that can send messages from part of the body to another part. The brain is enclosed in five layers of protection The outermost layer is the skull, followed by meanings.
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