Chapter 28 Low-Level Laser Therapy as an Alternative Treatment for Snake Envenomation

The brain and the spinal cord together form the central nervoussystem (CNS). The spinal cord is surrounded and protected by avertebral column and has millions of nerve fibers that transmitelectrical impulses between the brain and the rest of the body. Thebundle of nerve cells in the spinal tissue is distally connected tomotor and sensory nerves of the peripheral nervous system (PNS).