Central nervous system
The central nervous system (CNS) is the largest part of the nervous system. It is made up of the brain and the spinal cord.
A diagram showing the CNS:
1. Brain
2. Central nervous system
(brain and spinal cord)
3. Spinal cord
1. Brain
2. Central nervous system
(brain and spinal cord)
3. Spinal cord
Together with the peripheral nervous system, it has an important role in the control of behaviour. The CNS is protected by bone in the dorsal cavity: the brain in the cranial subcavity, and the spinal cord in the spinal canal.
- See also: Vertebrate brain
Parts of the vertebrate CNS
| Spinal cord | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brain | Brain stem | Rhombencephalon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mesencephalon |
Tectum, Cerebral peduncle, Pretectum, Mesencephalic duct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prosencephalon | Diencephalon |
Epithalamus, Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Subthalamus, Pituitary gland, Pineal gland, Third ventricle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Telencephalon |
Rhinencephalon, Amygdala, Hippocampus, Neocortex, Lateral ventricles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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