BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
THE NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS
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the brain
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the peripheral nerve
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the neuron
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the spinal cord
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cerebrum. The largest part of the brain, the cerebrum has two hemispheres (or halves). The cerebrum controls movement, speech, intelligence, emotion, and what we see and hear.
Detailed explanation-2: -The brain and spinal cord belong to the CNS, and rest of the nerves in human body belong to PNS. Brain and spinal cord are mainly responsible for information processing, imagination, memory and communication. The PNS consists of a complex set of motor and sensory nerves.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.