Spinal+Cord

toc = Definition: = An extension of the brain, from the base of the brain through the neck and spinal column, that transmits messages between the brain and peripheral nervous system, p. 45 Gen Psych __ Chapter 2 __ p. 45

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= Analogies: = The importance of and general role played by the spinal cord might be more easily recognized by analogy to marionette puppets, another system in which a brain (the puppeteer's) must cope with a large number of partially redundant actuators (strings) moving a mechanical linkage with complex intrinsic properties.

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