The Nervous System

• Brain

  • Brain Cerebrum

    • intelligence

    • memory

    • personality

    • emotion

    • speech

    • ability to fell and move

  • Cerebellum

    • balance

    • movement

    • coordination

  • Brain Stem

    • sending out messages

    • coordanating messages

    • controling automatic body functions

      • breathing

      • heart rate

      • digestion

  • Thalamus

    • carries messages from sensory organs

      • eyes

      • ears

      • nose

      • fingers

    • to the cerebrum

  • Hypothalamus

    • body temperature

    • appetite

  • Pituitary Gland

    • produces and releases hormones to control

      • growth

      • metabolism

      • response to stress

• Nerves

  • Neuron Cells

    • cell body

    • dendrites

• Spinal Cord