What+would+happen+if+you+were+to+cut+your+nerves?

__**WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU WERE TO CUT YOUR NERVES?**__

Answer the question below, append new answers to the top of this page. _ __Response 1:__ This question all depends on what your are really cutting. The nervous system is divided into two sections, the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Basically these two nervous systems control your behavior. If you were cutting the PNS, you would still be alive, in a sense. Your heart would still be beating, which would mean you were technically alive, but you can not feel pain or move a muscle in your body. If you were to cut you CNS, it would work a little differently. This is because your CNS is the nervous system that processes information to and from your brain. The CNS contains various nerves, the brain and the spinal cord. The probability of dieing after cutting the CNS is high, but it all depends on where you cut your spinal cord. If you cut it near the skull, you would be in an improbable situation of survival, but if you cut it further down, there is a chance of survival with the knowledge of knowing you would become disabled.
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Luke Evans 8.3 Citiation: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/nervous_system.aspx http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090823071245AAC84pC

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