For example, if you step on something sharp, the nerves in your foot send a message through neurons to your central nervous system that says, "Hey, this hurts." Your brain and spinal cord respond ...

The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

These move towards the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS is the brain and spinal cord. It coordinates the responses. Messages are then sent back along different neurones to muscles which ...

Exploring the Human Nervous System (1963), produced by Churchill Films in collaboration with the National Committee for Research in Neurological Disorders, presents a detailed introduction to the ...