Central Nervous System Research Paper

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The central nervous system and how it works

The central nervous system is a brilliantly designed computer that consists of complex little pieces made for integrating sensory information and coordinating both conscious and unconscious activity. In the central nervous system there are 8 pieces theres the hippocampus,the parietal lobe the occipital lobe the temporal the frontal lobe the amygdala the Wernicke's area and the spinal cord. This is there specific purposes.

The frontal lobe, The frontal lobe is a crucial part of the central nervous system and also one of the parts of the brain that take the longest to develop

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It processes sensations of touch pain and pressure. Its the thing that makes your brain understand exactly whats happening in your body good or bad.

The occipital lobe is the thing that makes you wake up. In the morning when you wake up light hits your eyelids and sinks through the thin skin sending a message to your central nervous system saying wake up. This is called a visual cue such as when something pops into the corner of your eye and you don't know what it was but your brain for sure saw something that is the occipital lobe

Wernicke's area is the region of the brain that is important for language development. It is basically the opposite of the temporal lobe it helps create speech rather than understand it. The Wernicke's area is located in the temporal lobe on the left side of the brain and is responsible for the comprehension of speech

The spinal cord is basically the highway of the central nevous system The spinal cord carries out two main functions It connects a large part of the peripheral nervous system to the brain. Information (nerve impulses) reaching the spinal cord through sensory neurons are transmitted up into the

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