Physiologists Bell and Magendie studied the nerves that exited the spinal cord. Their discovery that the spinal cord was ________led to the view that the brain was________.

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Bell and Magendie discovered that different nerves in the spinal cord have different functions, with some controlling muscles and others transmitting sensory information. This functional segregation in the spinal cord led to the broader understanding that the brain itself is functionally segregated, with different areas responsible for different functions.

Physiologists Bell and Magendie Studied the Nerves That Exited the Spinal