The growing embryo gradually acquires the tissues and organs that will enable
it to live independently. Understanding how the nervous system develops to
meet the demands of the growing body may help to solve the problem of
repairing it when it is injured
THE NERVOUS system – the brain and spinal cord, and the nerves that connect
these to the muscles and organs – is the control centre of our body, allowing
us to interact with the outside world and to keep in touch with the needs of
the world enclosed by our skin. It carries information from our senses, which
the…
