central nervous system

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  • two divisions of the nervous system
    the central nervous system
    the peripheral nervous system
  • the central nervous system
    made of the brain + spinal cord
  • central nervous system functions
    -the control of the body
    -the regulation of the body’s physiological processes
  • central nervous system - how
    brain receives information from sensory receptors
    brain sends messages to muscles and glands through the spinal cord
  • spinal cord
    -relays information between the brain and the body
    -connects to specific muscles and glands with pairs of spinal nerves
    -contains circuits of nerve cells that enable us to perform reflexes without involvement of the brain
  • the brain
    divided into 4 main areas
  • the brains largest part
    the cerebrum which is divided into 4 different lobes
  • examples of lobes in the cerebrum
    the frontal lobe - language
    the occipital lobe - visual images
  • what’s behind the cerebrum
    the cerebellum
  • what does the cerebellum do
    involved into controlling:
    motor skills
    balance