Saturday, March 1, 2014

how the brain works


Brain is a very complex organ which is considered to be the controlling part of the whole body. Every animal living on the planet earth have this organ even it is a mammal, reptile, bird and amphibian etc. human beings have brain as well which weigh around 1.3 to 1.5kgs which is 3 lbs. dolphin Is a very huge animal so most of the people think that it would having the bigger brain but it is not it’s having bigger than human being but not bigger than the rest it weighs around 1.5 to 1.7 kg. 
sperm whale worlds largest animal


you will be thinking that which of the animals have the biggest brain well this title goes to a sea animal named as amazing sperm whale which is the largest toothed animal in the world and this animal can grow up to 67 feet long. Okay coming back to the human brain. Human brain controls all of our senses (hearing, spelling, tasting, seeing and touching) and the movements of our whole body. We contain trillions of neurons in our whole body these are electrically excitable cells which are connected to our brain as a network in our whole body. These neurons are interconnected to each other making a neural network this whole system is called nervous system. This system is present in our body and is responsible of transmitting electrical and chemical signals.
The main functions of the human brain are
  • ·        It controls thinking or cognition processes
  • ·        Perception or sensing
  • ·        Emotion or feelings
  • ·        Behavior
  • ·        Physical or somatic
  • ·        Signaling ( being responsive and reacting to the environment)
  • ·        It controls breathing


Main parts of the brain

1.     Cerebrum this part control your thinking, problems solving and feeling. And this part is major portion of your brain
2.     Cerebellum this part controls coordination and balance. It lies on the back of your brain
3.     Brain stem is the connecting part of the spinal cord with the brain and controls breathing ,heart rate , body temperature and digestion processes