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How your body talks to itself

How your body talks to itself

Nervous System 101 is now in session.

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Skyler Gailing
Feb 18, 2025
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3D rendering of a multitude of different sized lights hanging on tree branches. The clusters of lights and branches look like neurons.
Credit: Bhautik Patel on Unsplash

To describe the nervous system in the singular is, in my layperson’s opinion, doing it a disservice. The nervous system comprises a multitude of subsystems that allow it to carry out the functions that — for lack of a better term — allow us to function. Have you ever kicked a soccer ball and scored a sick goal? Thank you…

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