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Diseases of Neural System: 16 Diseases

The following points highlight the sixteen important diseases of neural system. Disease # 1. Poliomyelitis: Poliomyelitis is an acute viral infection that destroys the cell bodies of motor neurons in the anterior horn of the spinal cord. Disease # 2. Meningitis: Meningitis, an inflammation of the meninges, is usually caused by an infectious organism. Several kinds of bacteria and viruses [...]

By M Manisha|2016-12-12T06:52:34+00:00December 12, 2016|Neural System|Comments Off

Neural System (With Diagram)

The neural system is the control system of the body which consists of highly specialized cells called neurons. The neurons detect and receive information from different sense organs (receptors) in the form of stimuli and transmit the stimuli to the central neural system (CNS) through sensory nerve fibres. The central neural system is composed of the brain and spinal cord. [...]

By M Manisha|2016-08-30T17:15:04+00:00August 30, 2016|Neural System|Comments Off