messageds = new Array()
messageds[0] = null;
messageds[1] = "Pituitary gland
produces growth hormone,
hormones that control milk
production and womb
contraction as well as
hormones that regulate
the secretion of other
hormones of the body"
messageds[2] = "Hypothalamus:
links to the hormonal system
and is involved in basic body
functions such as thirst, hunger,
and temperature control."
messageds[3] = "Pons:
a junction area for nerve
fibres that run to different
parts of the brain."
messageds[4] = "Spinal cord
"
messageds[5] = "Medulla:
deals with vital body
processes such as heart-beat,
breathing, and blood pressure."
messageds[6] = "Cerebellum:
deals with balance and
posture, and co-ordinates complex
movements."
messageds[7] = "Thalamus:
a processing centre for
signals from touch sensors
and pain sensors. "
messageds[8] = "Corpus callosum:
a bridge of 100 million nerve
fibres linking the two
cerebral hemispheres."
messageds[9] = "Cerebral cortex:
the surface of the cerebrum."
messageds[10] = "Somato-sensory cortex:
receives sensory signals from the skin. "
messageds[11] = "Secondary visual cortex:
helps to interpret signals with
the primary visual cortex."
messageds[12] = "Primary visual cortex:
receives signals from the
eyes."
messageds[13] = "Cerebellum
"
messageds[14] = "Auditory cortex:
interprets signals from the
ears."
messageds[15] = "Speech cortex:
controls speech."
messageds[16] = "Prefrontal cortex:
deals with short-term memory,
sensory memory and learning."
messageds[17] = "Premotor cortex:
helps motor cortex and
cerebellum to plan complex
movements."
messageds[18] = "Motor cortex:
initiates body movements."
messageds[24] = "The Brain
A Computer room full of
printers, disk drives, and
monitors would be still and
silent without the central
processor itself. Likewise, the
body would be lifeless without
the brain. The human brain
has three main parts. The top
part, making up nine-tenths of
the brain's volume, is the
wrinkled cerebrum. This is the
thinking part of the brain. The
back part of the brain is the
cerebellum, a 'mini brain' that
deals mainly with balance,
posture, and skilled
movements. All of the other
areas of the brain(including
the pons, thalamus, medulla,
and hypothalamus shown
below) belong to a part of the
brain called the brain stem.
This joins with the spinal cord
below it and the cerebrum
above it. "