The peripheral nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord A. True B. False
This may help: http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/p/peripheral_nervous_system.htm
In the article that hheston posted, all you really have to read is the FIRST paragraph, in big letters. You can see there that the CENTRAL nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord.
Our whole nervous system is divided into two parts :- 1) Central Nervous system (CNS) 2) Peripheral Nervous system (PNS) .. .. CNS comprises of Brain and spinal cord ( both covered by meninges ) .. PNS consists of all the nerves that leave spinal cord ( sensory ,motor,autonomic ) as well as 12 cranial nerves. .. .. .. http://bealbio.wikispaces.com/file/view/CNS-vs-PNS.jpg/287545326/937x1387/CNS-vs-PNS.jpg
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