LET’S FIND OUT THE HUMAN BODY THE BRAIN IN YOUR BODY BRIDGET HEOS
4 WHAT IS THE BRAIN The brain is the organ that controls how all parts of your body work It also controls your thoughts and feelings The brain allows you to sense the outside world The brain helps your body stay healthy and respond in the right way to its environment The brain is connected to the spinal cord The spinal cord contains nerves that run to The nervous system allows the brain to communicate with the body The nervous system is made up of the brain the spinal cord and nerves
5 and from the brain These nerves carry messages between the brain and the rest of the body Together the brain spinal cord and nerves make up the nervous system The three main parts of the brain are called the cerebrum the cerebellum and the brain stem The nervous system processes information about the outside world as well as the inner workings of your body The nerves send the information to the brain which makes sense of the information The brain then sends a message back through the nerves to tell the body how to react The human brain has three main parts the cerebrum the cerebellum and the brain stem Together they control how all parts of the human body work
