Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134396026
Author: Frederic H. Martini, Judi L. Nath, Edwin F. Bartholomew
Publisher: PEARSON
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The reason why the brain respond to the stimuli with greater versatility as compared to the spinal cord.

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The brain responds to the stimuli with greater versatility than the spinal cord, because of the presence of a complex network of the specialized neurons called as the Purkinje fibers and cranial nerves in the brain. They conduct the impulse waves across the neurons by generating the action potential, waves of the polarization and the depolarization.

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