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OCR: NERVE STRUCTURE HE NER VoUS SYSTEM is your Brain body control center. It contains billions of nerve cells, or neurons Most these are called interneurons, which are found inside the brain and Spinal p10d spinal cord. They process inform ation received from the body and send out instructions telling the body what to do. The other neurons are found outside the brain and spinal cord. They are long and thin and form Nerves cordlike bundles called nerv es These form links betw een the brain and spinal cord and the rest of the body PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM The peripheral nervous system (PNS consi: the nerves that carry m essages between the brain and spinal cord and the rest of your body The PNS ha around km (46 miles) of nerves that carry messages at speeds up to 400 kph (250 miles per hour) CE ...