Split Brain And Muscles

The brain is a complex organ made of several parts, each with a specific function. The cerebellum is the part of the brain that is involved in motor control such as maintaining physical balance, thereby allowing a person to be in control of his/her body movements. It also coordinates voluntary muscle movements like walking by controlling the timing at which different muscles work together to produce accurate movement in a particular body part. Because of its involvement in motor control, damage to the cerebellum will result in difficulty in moving body parts and keeping maintaining physical balance. Muscles will not work properly together and a person 's movement will be exaggerated. The hypothalamus is another part of the brain that is situated below the thalamus. This small structure, which is often referred to as the thermostat of the body helps regulate body temperature, amount of fluid in the

This structure is the little bridge that serves as a means of communication between the left and right hemispheres. Split brain is the term used to describe the result when the corpus callosum connecting the two hemispheres is severed due to conditions such as epileptic seizures. Because the two hemispheres communicate with each other through this bridge, severing the bridge produces a disrupts connection between them and prevent them from communicating with each other, hence the term split brain. Once separated, each brain hemisphere operates solely. Thus having a split brain can pose certain challenges in a patient, which can be tested in a controlled laboratory study. For example, when an image is shown to the left hemisphere of a split brain patient, he or she will only be able to point at it with the right hand but will not be able to say what it is because the left hemisphere, which controls processes occurring on the right side of the body is only involved in