CNS
THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Henri Laborit, a French neuro-surgeon and philosopher, raised in Vietnam, wrote the following in one of his books:
“How are we to hope that, one day, the ‘man or woman’ that we all carry within us might free himself from the destructive behavior of the animal that we also carry within us, if he or she is never informed about how this incredible and admirable mechanism called nervous system works?”
The CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) consists of the brain and its natural extension, the spinal cord, which runs through the spinal column, which, together with the skull, provides a veritable suit of armor for this precious system.
The human nervous system network is composed of two types of cells:
glial cells and neurons.
