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Yi-Chen

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Which of the following best describes the cortex of the brain?
 
  It is found in the center of the brain and is responsible for primitive emotions
  and reflexes.
  It makes up a small percentage of the outer brain and is responsible for
  movement.
  It makes up the outer layers of the brain and is responsible for thinking, feeling,
  and sensing.
  It is the gray matter of the brain where the intersections of dendrites and axons
  form.

Question 2

A basic nerve cell in the central nervous system is called a(n)
 
  frontal cell.
  axon.
  dendrite.
  neuron.


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Leostella20

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

It makes up the outer layers of the brain and is responsible for thinking, feeling,
and sensing.

Answer to Question 2

neuron.


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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
:D TYSM

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Wow, this really help

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