including the cerebellum and brain stem. These also fulfill critical functions. Running through parts of the brain are a dozen pairs of cranial nerves, which link the brain directly to muscles and ...

the physical dimensions of the major cranial regions exhibit faster or slower rates of increase (positive versus negative allometry) as a function of increasing body size (Huxley, 1932). Brain ...

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (motor nerves, sensory nerves, cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia ...