6. CNS -The Brain

The Central Nervous system includes your spinal chord and brain.  Messages travel up and down the nerves between your brain and other parts of your body.

This next section is dealing with the structure and function of the brain. You will have a project that deals with this topic, so you may want to look at the instructions to get an idea of what to concentrate on.
Refer to assignment 2. Brain Disorder, Disease, Aging and Damage (section 6).


The Brain is made up of many different sections,  the Brain Stem, Cerebellum, and Cerebrum, and each of those is composed of different parts with different functions.

Click Parts of the Brain to explore another site that has an overview of the major parts of the brain.  

Click here to see a cross section of the brain