The central nervous system

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What makes up the central nervous system?
Brain + Spinal cord
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What sends information to the brain via the spinal cord?
Nerves
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What are nerves?
Long neurones
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Why do we have different areas of the brain?
Different areas are responsible for different functions, e.g. the cortex is responsible for vision
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How is information moved?
Neurones pass messages along through electrical impulses and across the gaps using neurotransmitters
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How is the message received?
Neurotransmitters are passed across the synaptic gap where they're picked up be receptor sites.
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What sends information to the brain via the spinal cord?

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