CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Spinal cord

Considered as the bodys information superhighway. The spinal cord is a bundle of several nerve fibres(neuron) that runs from the bottom of the brain to the tail region. It is surrounded and protected by the vertebral culumn

Functions of the spinal cord

The spinal cord comprised of billion sets of neurons that connects different parts of the body. These neurons information called impulses. Impulses may travel as fast at 268 miles/hr