Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology Plus Mastering A&P with eText - Access Card Package (10th Edition) (New A&P Titles by Ric Martini and Judi Nath)
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Author: Frederic H. Martini, Judi L. Nath, Edwin F. Bartholomew
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Chapter 14, Problem 17RQ
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To determine:
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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