The brain

• What does the brain control/coordinate?

  The body’s responses
• What does the cerebral hemispheres control?

  • Most senses
  • Language
  • Behaviour
  • Consciousness
• What does the cerebellum control?

  • Balance
  • Posture
  • Fine motor control
• What does the medulla oblongata control?

  • heart rate
  • Breathing
  • Reflexes
• What does the spinal cord control?

  Allows the relay of information from the brain to the muscles