Nervous System

• Receives messages
from the different
sense organs.

• controls bodily
activities
• transmits impulses from
the brain to the muscles,
organs and glands

• stores information in
the memory stem
 The Brain
* center of the nervous system

* weighs about 1.3 – 1.4 kgs

* protected by the skull
* made up of approximately 100
billion neurons
 The Brain

* contains cerebrospinal
fluid between the brain and
the spinal cord which acts as
shock absorber against
sudden impact
3 Main Parts
of the Brain
Cerebrum

Cerebellum

Brain Stem
 CEREBRUM
- the largest and most important
part of the brain
- divided into right half
( controls all the left side of the body ) and left
half
( controls the right side of the body )
 Left Brain Right Brain
Logic Creativity
Analysis Imagination
Sequencing Holistic thinking
Linear Intuition
Mathematics Arts ( motor skills )
Language Rhythm ( beats
Facts Non- verbal
Think in words Feelings
Words of songs Visualization
computation Tune of songs
Daydreaming
*Cerebral cortex
- thin layer of tissue in the surface
of the cerebrum
- covered with folds and creases

- densely packed with brownish-

gray neuron cell bodies called “ gray
matter “
- involves in the following:
a) thinking b) remembering
b) reasoning c) speaking
d) solving problems
e) controlling voluntary muscles
f) identifying information
CEREBELLUM
- found behind the brain stem
- second largest part of the brain
- it controls body balance and
coordinate the movement of
muscles
- sends messages to the correct set of
muscles so that they can work together
BRAIN
STEM
 - part of the brain that
connects with the spinal cord

- it controls involuntary actions

- where neurons from cerebrum
and cerebellum pass through

- only about 8 cm. long

• Medulla
- the lowermost part of the brain
 - controls involuntary actions
of the body
- controls certain reflexes
such as blinking and secretion
of saliva