38. What are the protective
structures of the central
nervous system present in
vertebrates?

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In vertebrates the brain the spinal
cord are by membranes, the
meninges, by osseous structures,
respectively skull and the vertebral
. These protections are
fundamental the integrity of those
organs that command the
of the body.