The Brain and the Nervous System Vocabulary

What is the brain?

• The front part of the brain controls movement, coordination, temperature, touch, sight/vision, hearing, speech and language, judgment, reasoning, problem-solving, etc.

• The back part of the brain that controls coordinating voluntary muscle movements and maintain posture, balance, and equilibrium.

• An important organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger, and every process that regulates the body.

• An important organ that connects the rest of the brain to the spinal cord that controls all the functions your body needs to stay alive such as breathing air, digesting food, and circulating blood.

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What is the corpus callosum?

• The front part of the brain controls movement, coordination, temperature, touch, sight/vision, hearing, speech and language, judgment, reasoning, problem-solving, etc.

• The back part of the brain that controls coordinating voluntary muscle movements and maintain posture, balance, and equilibrium.

• A bridge in your brain that helps the left and the right sides talk to each other.

• An important organ that connects the rest of the brain to the spinal cord that controls all the functions your body needs to stay alive such as breathing air, digesting food, and circulating blood.

What is the brain stem?

• The front part of the brain controls movement, coordination, temperature, touch, sight/vision, hearing, speech and language, judgment, reasoning, problem-solving, etc.

• The back part of the brain that controls coordinating voluntary muscle movements and maintain posture, balance, and equilibrium.

• An important organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger, and every process that regulates the body.

• An important organ that connects the rest of the brain to the spinal cord that controls all the functions your body needs to stay alive such as breathing air, digesting food, and circulating blood.

What is the spinal cord

• The front part of the brain controls movement, coordination, temperature, touch, sight/vision, hearing, speech and language, judgment, reasoning, problem-solving, etc.

• The back part of the brain that controls coordinating voluntary muscle movements and maintain posture, balance, and equilibrium.

• An important organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger, and every process that regulates the body.

• The cord of nervous tissue that extends from the brain along the back in the cavity of the backbone, branches to form the spinal nerves, carries nerve impulses to and from the brain and helps to control reflex actions.

What is the cerebrum?

• The front part of the brain controls movement, coordination, temperature, touch, sight/vision, hearing, speech and language, judgment, reasoning, problem-solving, etc.

• The back part of the brain that controls coordinating voluntary muscle movements and maintain posture, balance, and equilibrium.

• An important organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger, and every process that regulates the body.

• An important organ that connects the rest of the brain to the spinal cord that controls all the functions your body needs to stay alive such as breathing air, digesting food, and circulating blood.

What is the cerebellum?

• The front part of the brain controls movement, coordination, temperature, touch, sight/vision, hearing, speech and language, judgment, reasoning, problem-solving, etc.

• The back part of the brain that controls coordinating voluntary muscle movements and maintain posture, balance, and equilibrium.

• An important organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger, and every process that regulates the body.

• An important organ that connects the rest of the brain to the spinal cord that controls all the functions your body needs to stay alive such as breathing air, digesting food, and circulating blood.

What is the central nervous system?

• A network of nerves that runs throughout the head, neck, and body to carry messages to and from the central nervous system.

• Dendrites and axons send electrical messages from one part of the body to another.

• Sends information from the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin to the brain.

• The brain and the spinal cord receive, process, and respond to sensory information.

What is the sensory neurons?

• A network of nerves that runs throughout the head, neck, and body to carry messages to and from the central nervous system.

• Dendrites and axons send electrical messages from one part of the body to another.

• Sends information from the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin to the brain.

• The brain and the spinal cord receive, process, and respond to sensory information.

What is the neurons?

• A network of nerves that runs throughout the head, neck, and body to carry messages to and from the central nervous system.

• Dendrites and axons send electrical messages from one part of the body to another.

• Sends information from the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin to the brain.

• The brain and the spinal cord receive, process, and respond to sensory information.

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What are motor neurons?

• Carry messages away from the brain to the rest of the body to allow muscles to move.

• Dendrites and axons send electrical messages from one part of the body to another.

• Sends information from the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin to the brain.

• The brain and the spinal cord receive, process, and respond to sensory information.