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What encloses the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates?
What encloses the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates?
- Meninges (correct)
- Synapses
- Cerebrospinal fluid
- Neurons
Which animals have a true brain?
Which animals have a true brain?
- Arthropods, cephalopods, and vertebrates (correct)
- Sponges and diploblasts
- Bilaterally symmetric and triploblastic animals
- Onychophorans, gastropods, and lancelets
Where is the CNS positioned along in the body?
Where is the CNS positioned along in the body?
- Rostral to caudal axis (correct)
- Dorsal to ventral axis
- Proximal to distal axis
- Medial to lateral axis
What is the CNS composed of?
What is the CNS composed of?
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Which animals are excluded from the discussion of the vertebrate central nervous system?
Which animals are excluded from the discussion of the vertebrate central nervous system?
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What does the central nervous system (CNS) primarily consist of?
What does the central nervous system (CNS) primarily consist of?
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What animals have a true brain?
What animals have a true brain?
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Where are the brain and spinal cord enclosed in vertebrates?
Where are the brain and spinal cord enclosed in vertebrates?
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What does the CNS do in bilaterally symmetric and triploblastic animals?
What does the CNS do in bilaterally symmetric and triploblastic animals?
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Which animals have a radically distinct central nervous system from all others?
Which animals have a radically distinct central nervous system from all others?
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