Our BRAIN is our boss,, but it can't do it alone.. It needs some nerves —
actually a lot of them.. And it needs the spinal cord,, which is a long bundle
of nerves inside our spinal column.. It's the spinal cord and nerves known as
the nervous system that let messages flow back and forth between the BRAIN and
body..
If a spiky cactus falls off a shelf headed right on our best friend,, our
nerves and BRAIN communicate so that we jump and yell for our friend to get out
of the way.. If we're really good,, maybe we're able to catch the plant before
it hits our friend..
We can't see these nerves without a microscope.. Our Nervous system is made
up of millions and millions of neurons,, which are microscopic cells.. Each
neuron has tiny branches coming off it that connect with many other neurons.. When we were born,, our BRAIN came with all the neurons it will ever have,,
but many of them were not connected to each other.. When we learn things,, the
messages travel from one neuron to another.. Eventually,, the BRAIN starts to
create connections or we can say pathways between the neurons,, so things
become easier..
Think
back to the first time we rode a bicycle.. Our BRAIN had to think about pedaling,, balancing,, steering handlebars,, watching road and hitting the
brakes,, all at once.. As we got practice more,, the neurons sent messages back
and forth until a pathway was created in our BRAIN.. Now we can ride our
bicycle without thinking about it because the neurons have successfully created
a "riding" pathway..
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