C. tetani is found as spores in soil or in the gastrointestinal tract of animals. C. tetani produces a potent biological toxin, tetanospasmin, and is the causative agent of tetanus, a disease characterized by painful muscular spasms that can lead to respiratory failure and, in up to 40% of cases, death.
mind. 1. the element, part, or process in a human or other conscious being that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc. 2. Psychol. the totality of conscious and unconscious mental processes and activities. 3. intellect or understanding, esp. as distinguished from the emotions and will; intelligence.
Cognition is the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.. It encompasses processes such as knowledge, attention, memory and working memory, judgment and evaluation, reasoning and computation, problem solving and decision making, comprehension and production of language.