Spinal Cord and Central Nervous System

A single bone in the spine is called a...

• neuron

• vertebra

• tissue

• bundle

Neuron is another word for...

• nerve cell

• brain

• tissue

• messages

The _____ carries messages to and from the brain.

• neurons

• brain stem

• cerebrum

• spinal cord

Our ___ is protected inside our skull.

• nerves

• spinal cord

• brain

• tissue

Our spinal cord is protected by the bones of our spine.

• False

• True

The spinal cord is a thick bundle of brain cells that run down our back.

• True

• False

Our nerve cells carry _____ to and from our brain.

• messages

• bundles

• projected

• neurons

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The spinal cord is a thick bundle of nerve tissue that runs down our back from the base of the brain.

• False

• True

Information travels back and forth between the brain and the nerves in the rest of the body along the spinal cord.

• True

• False

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If our spinal cord was seriously injured, this two-way communication between our body and brain would stop. This is why our spinal cord is protected by....

• vertebrae

• neurons

• tissue

• the brain stem