The+Human+Brain

The Human Brain The basics of the brain. The human brain is tannish po and  has billions of nerve cells. It is also surrounded by a watery fluid. Your brain is also a very complex organ. It has 3 layers of connective tissue that covers it. Your brain makes up two percent of your body weight and holds twenty percent of your body energy. The skull, fluid and 3 layers of connective tissue will protect the brain from getting an injury. How does the brain work? It is packed with a huge amount of memories that people have formed over a lifetime of experiences. Your body parts can send messages through your spine and into your brain. Your brain will act fast. How do the different sections of the brain work? Your brain is divided into the hind brain, mid brain, (known together as the brain stem) and the fore brain. The central core is the five main regions that regulate basic life processes including, breathing, pulse, arousal, movement, balance, sleep, and the early stage of processing sensory information.

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