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Use the Internet Resources to find the answers to these questions.

1. How much does a man’s brain weigh today?

2. How many sides does your brain have?

3. How many nerve cells are in the body?

4. The right side of your brain controls the ____________ side of your body.

5. The left side of your brain controls the ____________ side of your body.

6. Where is the spinal cord?

7. What does the brain do?

8. If the brain is damaged, can new nerve cells grow?

9. What protects the brain?

10. What is the liquid around the brain and spinal cord?

Internet Resources for the Nervous System:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/episode1/video.html

http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/amcgann/body/nervous.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/illusions/index.html

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/index.html

http://www.hes.ucf.k12.pa.us/gclaypo/nervoussys.html

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