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Name the bony box in which our brain is protected.


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The cranium or skull is the bony box in which our brain is protected.

Protection of the brain:-

  1. Brain is protected by a fluid-filled balloon that acts as a shock absorber (cerebrospinal fluid).
  2. It is enclosed in the cranium.
  3. It is covered by three membranes called meninges.

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