The Central Nervous System

• Made up of the brain and the spinal cord.
• It is responsible for sending, receiving and interpreting information from the body - It monitors and coordinates internal organ functioning and responds to changes in the external environment.

Brain Parts

Frontal Lobe

• Personality.
• Impulse control, judgement, memory, motor skills, language, planning, coordinating.
• Controlling and executing behaviour.
• Thinking, planning and decision making.

Parietal Lobe

• Processes tactile and sensory information such as pressure, touch and pain.
• Interprets sensory information.

Temporal Lobes

• Auditory information.
• Interpreting sounds and the language we hear.
• Linked to formation of memories.

Occipital Lobe

• Visual information.
• Interprets visual stimuli and information.

Structure and Role of a Neuron

The cell body of a neuron contains the cell nucleus, which houses the genetic material for that…