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The spinal cord handles electrical signals sent between the brain and the rest of the body.
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What kind of nerves carry impulses toward the cns?
Afferent
What kind of nerves are in the upward tract and downward tract of the spinal cord?
The ascending tracts (upward) contain sensory nerves, that pass sensory information from the body to the brain. The descending tracts (downward) contain motor nerves that activate the muscles in the body according to the brain's "commands".
What kind of neuron carries impulses from the spinal cord and brain?
The somatic nervous system, which is part of the peripheral nervous system, delivers motor and sensory information along the central nervous system- essentially connecting things like the skin nerves to the brain.
What kind of cells are also named neurons?
The cells are also called nerve cells. They carry information into the spinal cord and brain and out of the cord and brain to the body.
What is one kind of light that can carry information in a beam that doesn't spread out?
laser
What kind of nerves are in the brain?
The kind that make you move.
What kind of data would you need to carry out a scientific experiment?
depends on the experiment - more information required
What kind of nerves are in the upward tract?
tae
What kind of organ is the spinal cord?
your kidney
What would happen if the ventral root was cut?
ventral root from the ventral horn of the spinal cord is motor. If ventral root is cut it will lead to to a kind of paralysis called flaccid paralysis. This is because ventral horn contains lower motor neurons. As such the skeletal muscle innervated by the root is paralysed
Where is there information about how laboratories carry out testing procedures?
If you want to find out information about how laboratories carry out testing procedures you will need to figure out what kind of testing procedure you want to know about. There are a lot of testing procedures and they all carry out a different way. For example, HIV is carried out different from Influenza.
Which kind of light is used to carry information through optical fibers?
Infrared & Microwaves are used to carry information through Optical Fibres. Infrared carries visible light Radio Waves & Microwaves carry telephony and computed data E.Akbay
