ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The brain acts as the body’s ____
A
mother
B
banker
C
control cell
D
control center
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The brain controls what you think and feel, how you learn and remember, and the way you move and talk. But it also controls things you’re less aware of-like the beating of your heart and the digestion of your food. Think of the brain as a central computer that controls all the body’s functions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Our brain, the control center of the nervous system and the rest of the body, normally allows us to retain and recall information.

Detailed explanation-3: -Medulla. The lowest part of the brainstem, the medulla is the most vital part of the entire brain and contains important control centers for the heart and lungs.

Detailed explanation-4: -The brain controls thoughts, memory and speech, arm and leg movements and the function of many organs within the body. It also determines how people respond to stressful situations (i.e. writing of an exam, loss of a job, birth of a child, illness, etc.) by regulating heart and breathing rates.

Detailed explanation-5: -The central nervous system is the body’s processing centre. The brain controls most of the functions of the body, including awareness, movement, thinking, speech, and the 5 senses of seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting and smelling. The spinal cord is an extension of the brain.

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