The nervous tissue that is surrounded by backbones is the:
A) vertebrae
B) spinal column
C) spinal cord
D) pelvis
E) brain

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The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the brain. It is protected by the vertebrae (A) and makes up part of the spinal column (B), but the specific nervous tissue itself is the spinal cord (C). The pelvis (D) is not directly related to the nervous tissue in this question, and while the brain (E) is also a type of nervous tissue, it is not surrounded by backbones.

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