Medulla and cerebellum are the two important part of our brain. Medulla is located in the brain stem, it sits below the pons and above the spinal cord. Medulla is a major relay point that receive and send information between the brain and our body back and forth. Medulla directly control many autonomic nervous system (ANS) responses, for instance, it controls the blood vessel dilation to increase or decrease oxygen flow and respond to heart functions; it controls digestion to turn on or off during the "fight" or "flight" scenarios; it also controls sneezing and coughing to dispel particles from the nose; swallowing and vomiting to get rid of the bacteria or poisons that could harm our body. It controls when these activities start, when they stop and how fast they go at the right time. If medulla is damaged, people may lose the sense of touch and muscle coordination. They might have trouble breathing, coughing, swallowing and vomiting, they may not able to sense or detect pain or the changes of temperature. …show more content…
In general, the cerebellum is responsible for controlling motor functions and muscle coordination. It has the ability to control how people move, walk, talk, and other physical activities, which means that it will control the aspects of balance and muscle tone, those are the important factors that provide for smooth movement and activity. If cerebellum is damaged, it causes parts of the body to shake uncontrollably. People with damaged cerebellum may experience the loss of coordination of motor movement; the inability to judge distance and when to stop; the inability to perform fast alternating movements and so
The brain stem or the medulla is the closest to the spinal cord. The brainstem is responsible for most of the human bodily functions. The brain stem is critical for human survival and normal human functions. The brain stem is also responsible for information of pain and touch from the head and neck; it is also responsible for the inputs from the face and the mouth. Reticular formation is a group of neurons, nuclei, that are important for sleep and wakefulness. In reticular formation there is nuclei that are a major source of neurotransmitter serotonin. Serotonin is important for regulating mood and activities.
Another sensory and motor involved part of the brain is the Thalamus. Although this part of the brain sends messages to the cerebral cortex. When driving visual and auditory information is being sent.
The Cerebellum is one of the parts that people notice most, due to the unique shapes the Cerebellum has. It is extremely important that we have our Cerebellum, because we use that for walking and writing. The Cerebellum has a lot of purpose, it also helps you to stand up and help your balance. Any damage to the cerebellum might lead to several disorders, such like not speaking well, possibility of falling when you get up, abnormal eye movements, really weak muscles, can make you lose the coordination of your motor movement, and many more stuff. The Cerebellum is one of the most powerful organs in your body. The Cerebellum has
Brain function is essential for your whole body to function properly. It is important to know these functions and what they do in order to understand how TBI affects these parts of the brain. The front of the brain is known as the Forebrain. The forebrain is the largest part of the brain and it contains the thalamus, hypothalamus and limbic system. The thalamus acts as the sensory relay center of the brain and is responsible for directing signals to the correct areas. It receives all sensory inputs except for smell. The hypothalamus governs drives such as sex, aggression and hunger. The limbic system is a group of structures that are involved with emotions, drives and memory. The midbrain contains structures that are used for coordinated movement, sleep and arousal. It contains the reticular formation and if it becomes damaged you wouldn’t be alert or possibly not even conscious. The hindbrain contains the medulla, pons and cerebellum and is located at the back of the brain. The medulla is responsible for respiration and heartbeat, two necessary functions needed to survive. Pons are involved in movement, sleeping, waking up and dreaming. The cerebellum coordinates balance and muscle
Dopamine limits and selects sensory information from the thalmus. The parietal lobe also deals with movement, along with orientation, recognition, and perception of stimuli. This cortical region is the main sensory area for the sense of touch, major inputs from the skin relay from the thalmus to the parietal lobe. All visual processes are carried out in the occipital lobe (true to its name), and the temporal lobe is associated with perception and recognition of auditory stimuli, memory and speech. The temporal lobe is responsible for deriving meanings for the appropriate retention of visual memories, language comprehension, and emotional association. Together these areas of the brain control the body through the CNS (central nervous system). Every bodily function needed to sustain life is initiated first through these primary sensory areas, making the brain of course the most important muscle in the
b. Cerebellum- Controls all involuntary rapid fine motor skills, for example, sitting upright, controlling muscles needed to keep a person from falling from a chair. Also coordinates walking, dancing, skating and movements of speech if damaged a person could become extremely uncoordinated. (Motor skills needed to control sit up in the vehicle, holding onto the steering wheel, pressing gas and brake pedals. Moving legs, arms, turning head in order to look a
The cerebrum is situated at the back of the brain. The cerebrum is divided into two cerebral hemispheres, left and right. It consists of the corpus, callosm, and nerve fibers. The left and right hemispheres communicate with each other. The brain stem “connects the brain to the spinal cord” (Lu & Bludua, 2011), which regulates the body. The cerebellum is positioned beneath the cerebrum. It manages a person’s equilibrium and coordination.
The cerebrum is divided into two hemispheres, each of which are specialised for certain behaviours — called the right and left cerebral hemispheres. When it comes to intended actions such as walking or hitting a ball, the right hemisphere controls the left side of your body, and the left hemisphere controls the right side of the body. The right side of the brain specialises in visual imagery and spatial abilities, whereas the left side of the brain dominates in logical abilities and language. Cerebellum and Medulla: In general, the cerebellum is responsible for controlling motor movement and muscle coordination. The cerebellum receives information from the sensory systems, the spinal cord, and other parts of the brain — and regulates motor movements. The cerebellum coordinates voluntary movements including posture, balance and speech, which are factors that provide for smooth movement and activity. In addition, the cerebellum is responsible for motor learning. This means that it is responsible for learning an individual movement or action and facilitates the development of it. The brain stem is the stem-like part of the brain that connects to the spinal cord. The medulla has many basic functions, including the regulation of heart rate,
The medulla processes your swallowing along with your digestion from the lunch you had an hour ago, but it also is helping your heart and helping you to keep breathing while you are on your journey to another class. But the one of the main reasons you are even alert enough to perform this task is because your Reticular formation is sending signals to keep you alert. Everything that you see, feel, hear, or touch on the way to class is only processed because of the Thalamus, as it interprets how you feel these certain things, like a chill in the air or maybe the rain that could be falling. The thalamus also helps you with staying conscious on your trek across campus. But one of the reasons you feel good enough at school has something to do with the hypothalamus, as it links your nervous system to the endocrine system and helps regulate your temperature, and your hunger along with other hormones in the body. It also helps in growth and development, but most of us making this journey are probably done growing. But if you’re hungry while walking across campus it could be the regulation of your metabolism at work, which is also a job of the
The brain is the center of the nervous system; it receives information, interprets the information and guides the body’s response to the information. Three parts of the brain are the cerebrum, cerebellum, and the diencephalon, along with the brain stem. The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain which handles memory, speech, the senses, emotional responses and much more. Below and behind the cerebrum, attached to the brainstem is the cerebellum. This part of the brain controls our motor functions, ability to balance as well as our ability to interpret information sent to the brain by the eyes, ears and other sensory organs within our body. The brainstem plays as a connector; it connects the brain to the spinal cord which runs down the neck and back. To stay alive your body needs to breathe in air, digest food and circulate blood; the brain stem also acts as a charge to get these functions going. Inside the cerebrum we have the diencephalon, which is also above the brain stem. Sensory function, food intake control and the body’s ability to sleep are the jobs of the diencephalon. A traumatic injury to the brain such as a massive blow or violent shake can cause any of these functions to malfunction which is called a concussion.
The central nervous system (CNS) is part of the human body which includes the brain and spinal cord (Lewis, Heitkemper, Dirksen, & Bucher, 2014). The cells of the nervous system are known as neurons, which is protected and nourished by neuroglia (Lewis et al., 2014). The spinal cord includes ascending and descending tracts which controls sensory and muscle movements (Lewis et al., 2015)
The cerebral Cortex is composed of folded gray matter in the cerebrum of the brain, associated with the higher brain functions, coordinations of sensory information, the ability to learn, being able to obtain memorys, and the expression of individuality. playing an important role in consciousness thin sheet of chells composed of billions of nerve cells and their countless interconnections. Each of the two hemispheres of the cortex is divided into four geographic lobes. Frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal. The motor functions at the rear of the frontal lobes controls voluntary muscle movements involving planning, control, and execution. The sensory functions, at the front of the parietal lobes processes and makes sense out of the information
The cerebellum (or ‘Little Brain’) is an area located at the back of the brain, positioned underneath the occipital and temporal lobes [Figure 1]. The structure’s main purpose is the fine-tuning of movement, and maintaining posture and balance. The cerebellum is commonly thought of as a motor system, because it is mostly involved in outputting to the movement (motor) system. However, the cerebellum’s purpose is not the creation of motor commands, rather the moderation and adaptation of commands to increase their accuracy. It also uses a surprisingly large amount of neurons relative to its size: although it is only approximately 10% of the brain’s total volume, it accounts for over 50% of the total number of neurons in the
One of the most complex and fascinating things in the human body is the brain. The body is “capable of almost everything, but it would not be possible, without the brain receiving information, and analyzing the information.”
Our brain is most complex organ system in our body. This three pound of tissue creates the main nerve center of the body. It controls our all body function, body movement, thought, and our behavior. Many of people do not know about the how a brain works? The left part of the brain controls our right side of the body and right side of brain part controls our left side of the body part. Our brain uses 20% of the total oxygen and blood in the body so it is required oxygen and nutrition from the blood for work properly. The lake of oxygen in the brain for 5 to 10-minute results in permanent brain damage or occurs a stroke. A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of our brain is interrupted or severely reduced. A stroke is one of the diseases