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__This is what i make for u is ncert shortnotes. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM The brain is the central information processing organ of our body, and acts as the ‘command and control system’. It controls the voluntary movements, balance of the body, thermoregulation, and the brain also processes vision, hearing, speech etc. The human brain is well protected by the skull. Inside the skull, the brain is covered by cranial meninges consisting of an outer layer called dura mater a very thin middle layer called arachnoid and an inner layer called pia mater . The brain can be divided into three major parts: forebrain midbrain hindbrain Fig. Brain Forebrain The forebrain consists of cerebrum thalamus hypothalamus A deep cleft divides the cerebrum longitudinally into two halves, which are termed as the left and right cerebral hemispheres . The hemispheres are connected by a tract of nerve fibres called corpus callosum . The layer of cells whi...