Brain and Nervous System Part I

The brain controls what you think and feel, how you learn and remember, and the way you move and talk.

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The brain also controls the beating of your heart and the digestion of your food.

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The brain is a central computer that controls all the body's functions.

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The nervous system is like a network that relays messages back and forth from the brain to different parts of the body.

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The nervous system relays messages via the spinal cord, which runs from the brain down through the back.

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The spinal cord contains threadlike nerves that branch out to every organ and body part.

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When a message comes into the brain from anywhere in the body, the brain tells the body how to react.

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The nervous system is made up of the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system.

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The brain and the spinal cord are the central nervous system.

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The nerves that go through the whole body make up the peripheral nervous system.

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