The Brain And The Brain

Cole Lukanus

In my paper I am going to be talking about a topic with the brain that has grown a lot of attention to in the past couple years, a concussion. The brain is part of the central nervous system that is the control center for the body’s functions. The brain is located in the skull which helps protect it from everything that we do. There is a space filled with fluid between the skull and the brain call cerebrospinal fluid which helps protect the brain from bumping directly into the skull. If the brain were to smash into the skull it would under go some type of damage to parts of the brain. They can be just small term damages or they can effect you your whole life. The brain is basically the control center for the human body. It does everything from storing memory all the way to dealing with your balance and coordination. The frontal lobe of the human brain deals with things such as memory and how you behave. When you are thinking or doing things such as problem solving you are using the frontal lobe of your brain. The name gives away the location in which it is location and it is indeed the front part of the brain. The parietal lobe is location towards the back of the brain but on the top. This part of the brain is responsible for our sense of touch as well as giving us the ability to form words and thoughts. What I mean by having the ability to form words and thought is actually the process of speaking. The temporal lobe is located in the middle part of the brain all the way at the bottom. This lobe consists of learning and organizing the information that we hear as well as storing our emotional experiences. When we hear things they go to this part of the brain and it gets processed and helps us understand what we are ...

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... the her 5th one with only 2 more left. Once you get a fifth concussion at any time while playing a sport you are not allowed to participate anymore. This past season on the Millikin football team the athletic trainer had to break the news to a sophomore running back that he had reached his 5th concussion during the season and that he is no longer allowed to play. In my future profession on plan on becoming a football or soccer coach. I want to know more about concussion safety and the effects that it has long term and not just short term. The effects of concussions starts after the first one and I do not want to be that guy that did nothing about it. I want to make sure I am fully aware of the situation when it comes to me and I can act according. However, my main goal would be to learn enough information to try and decrease the number of concussions in my athletes.