The Brain
Can you image a hunk of pinkish-gray tissue the size of your hand thatis controlling your entire body? This organ in your body is called the brain. The brain is not the largest organ but is the most complex organ in your body. (Metos, 1990, p. 10 ) When you think of the brain do you think of the control center of movement, sleep, hunger, thirst, and virtually every other vital activity necessary to survive? Or do you think of the brain as the organ that controls emotions including, hate, love, fear, sadness, mourning, ect.? I really doubt you would think of that unless you were an anthropologist, a scientist who studies humans? ( Funk & Wagnalls Corporation, 1995, Encarta As a matter of fact, the brain weights about 1.3 kilograms or about 3 pounds, that is in males, because there thick headed, but in females it weights about 10% less and contains 10 to 15 billion nerve cells. ( Metos,1990, pg. 10. ) These nerve cells are all linked together, they are responsible for the control of all the mental functions. Also from the outside of the human brain, which I doubt any of us will ever see in person, looks like it's divided into three parts, which it is, the first part is the
or give you other serious problems that could cause your body to breakdown. being the center of the thought, but the thing that gets me is that they didn't injuries or damages that can almost ruin your life and they all happen in this 3 even try anymore after Nemesius and St. Augustine. This happened because example on this T.V. Show I saw that a 25, and 76 year old man all have
Some common words found in the essay are:
Encarta Encyclopedia, , England Soon, Alcmaeon Egyptian, ABC Channel, Encyclopedia Speaking, St Augutine, Renaissance Vesalius, Disorder Brain, Funk Wagnalls, brain stem, encarta encyclopedia, 1995 encarta, 1995 encarta encyclopedia, funk wagnalls, funk wagnalls 1995, wagnalls 1995, wagnalls 1995 encarta, human brain, hunk pinkish-gray, brain affected, blood clot, hunk pinkish-gray tissue, memory loss, sensory muscular activities,
Approximate Word count = 1647
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
|