The Part of the Nervous System That Collects Data from the Environment

question 32

Multiple Choice

The part of the nervous system that collects data from the environment is the

• A) meninges.
• B) central nervous system.
• C) cerebrospinal fluid.
• D) peripheral nervous system.

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Definitions:

Organism's Life Cycle

The sequence of biological events and processes that an organism undergoes from its birth until it reproduces offspring.

Heat-Shock Genes

Genes that are activated in response to elevated temperatures and other stresses to help protect cells by producing heat-shock proteins.

Molecular Chaperones

Proteins that assist the conformational folding or unfolding and the assembly or disassembly of other macromolecular structures, without being part of these structures when they perform their biological functions.

Housekeeping Genes

These are genes that are constantly active in the cell to maintain basic functions and cellular metabolism.