The brain controls voluntary movement, balance, involuntary organs, endocrine glands, and behavior. It is responsible for thermoregulation, hunger, thirst, circadian rhythms, vision, hearing, speech, memory, intelligence, emotions, and thoughts. The brain is protected by bones of the skull and layers of meninges. It is divided into the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain. The forebrain includes the cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothalamus. The cerebrum is divided into left and right hemispheres which are connected by the corpus callosum. The hypothalamus controls body temperature, pituitary gland, emotions, hunger, thirst, and circadian rhythms. The

2. CNS
(command &
control system)
controls the voluntary
movements, balance of
the body, functioning of
vital involuntary organs
activities of
several endocrine
glands and human
behaviour.
thermoregulation, hunger
and thirst,
circadian (24-hour)
rhythms of our body,
site for
processing
of vision,
hearing, speech,
memory,
intelligence,
emotions and
thoughts.

3.  Brain is protected by cranium
consists of eight bones:-
 one frontal bone;
 two parietal bones,
 two temporal bones,
 one occipital bone,
 one sphenoid bone and
 one ethmoid bone.
 Another 14 bones in the face make
up the entire skull.
 There are also 3 small bones in each
ear.
 Brain is protected by three layers of
tissue called meninges.

4. Skull
cranial meninges
An outer layer
Duramater,
very thin middle
layer Arachnoid
An inner
layer(which is in
contact with the brain
tissue)
Piamater

5. BRAIN
hindbrain
midbrain,
Thalamus
forebrain,
cerebe

7. Forebrain
Cerebrum Thalamus Hypothalamus

8.  Cerebrum forms the
major part of the human
brain.
 A deep cleft divides the
cerebrum longitudinally
into two halves called
left and right cerebral
hemispheres.
 The hemispheres are
connected by a tract of
nerve fibres called
corpus callosum.

9. Cerebral Cortex
 The layer of cells which
covers the cerebral
hemisphere is called cerebral
cortex.
 Each hemisphere of the
cerebral cortex is divided
into four lobes by various
sulci and gyri.
 The sulci (or fissures) are the grooves and the gyri are
the "bumps" that can be seen on the surface of the
brain.
 The cerebral cortex is referred to as the grey matter due
to its greyish appearance.

10.  The cerebral cortex contains motor areas, sensory
areas and large regions that are neither clearly sensory
nor motor in function.
 These regions called as the association areas are
responsible for complex functions like inter sensory
associations, memory and communication.
 Fibres of the tracts are covered with the myelin
sheath, which constitute the inner part of cerebral
hemisphere. They give an opaque white appearance to
the layer and, hence, is called the white matter.
 The cerebrum wraps around a structure called
thalamus, which is a major coordinating centre for
sensory and motor signaling.
 Another very important part of the brain called
hypothalamus lies at the base of the thalamus.

11.  The hypothalamus is composed of several different area sand is
located at the base of the brain.
 It is responsible for some very important behaviors.
 One important function of the hypothalamus is the control of
body temperature The hypothalamus acts like a "thermostat" by
sensing changes in body temperature and then sending out
signals to adjust the temperature.
 The hypothalamus also controls the pituitarygland, emotions,
hunger thirst,& circadian rhythms .
 The thalamus receives sensory information and relays this
information to the cerebral cortex. The cerebral cortex also
sends information to the thalamus which then transmits this
information to other areas of the brain and spinal cord.
 It also contains several groups of neurosecretory cells, which
secrete hormones called hypothalamic hormones.

12.  The inner parts of cerebral hemispheres and group of
associated deep structures like amygdale, hippocampus,
form a complex structure called the limbic lobe or limbic
system.
 Along with the hypothalamus, it is involved in the
regulation of sexual behavior, expression of emotional
reactions like excitement, pleasure, rage and fear and
motivation.
 The hippocampus is one part of the limbic system that is
important for memory and learning.
Functions:-
 Emotional Behavior
 Learning Memory

13.  The midbrain is located between the thalamus /
hypothalamus of the forebrain and pons of the
hindbrain.
 A canal called the cerebral aqueduct passess
through the midbrain. The dorsal portion of the
midbrain consists mainly of four round swellings
(lobes) called corpora quadrigemina.
Functions:-
 Vision, Audition, Eye Movement, Body Movement

14.  The hindbrain comprises: -
Pons,
Cerebellum
Medulla oblongata
 The word "cerebellum" comes from the Latin word for
"little brain."
 Cerebellum has very convoluted surface in order to provide
the additional space for many more neurons.
 Pons consists of fibre tracts that interconnect different
region of the brain.
 The medulla of the brain is connected to the spinal cord.
 Function:- Movement , Posture, Heart Rate, Blood
pressure, gastric secretions ,Respiration

15.  The entire process of response to peripheral nervous
stimulation, that occurs involuntarily, without conscious
effort or thought and requires the involvement of a part of
the central nervous system is called a reflex action
 we do something without thinking about it, or without
feeling in control of our reactions.
 There are two types of reflex actions:-
1) Conditional Reflex Action
2) Unconditional reflex Action

16. • First control by brain then after practice
shifted to the spinal cord.
• Ex-Cycling ,Playing the Instruments, etc
conditional Reflex
Action
• Involuntary Actions. Directly control by
the spinal cord.
• Ex-some sudden action in response to
something in the environment like Pull
the hand back from the
• Flame, mouth starts watering by
smelling the tasty food ,etc
• e
unconditional
reflex Action

17. RECEPTOR
ORGAN
(Received the
stimulus)
SENSORY
NERVE
AXON OF
SENSORY
NERVE(spinal
cord)
INTER NEURON
or RELEY
NEURON(spinal
cord)
DENTRIDES
OF MOTOR
NEURON
(ENDPLATES OF
MOTOR NEURON)
EFFECTOR
ORGAN