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Brain
The brain is both an easy and difficult thing to define. In many ways there are three brains. The first, called the cerebrum, is what every one pictures. It is about three pounds, and composed of 20-30 billion neurons and synapsing with each other.
The second definition of the brain is the cerebellum. It too is a cortex. It is like a second small brain tucked behind the brain stem and under the cerebrum. The cerebellum has more neurons that the cerebrum but they are tiny and tightly compacted.
The third definition is that the brain is everything in the head. This includes the cerebellum, the cerebrum and everything under the cerebrum. In many ways this is the best definition because all of these parts work together.
Let’s take a quick tour of the brain’s development, structures and processes.
