{"id":12126,"date":"2023-06-16T10:12:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T04:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12126"},"modified":"2025-03-30T07:29:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T01:59:59","slug":"what-is-cerebellum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-cerebellum\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Cerebellum?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Cerebellum:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The cerebellum, which stands for <strong>\u201clittle brain<\/strong>\u201d, is a <strong>structure of the central nervous system.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: It is a <strong>part of your brain located at the back of your head<\/strong>, just <strong>above and behind, where your spinal cord connects to your brain<\/strong> itself.<\/li>\n<li>It only accounts for around<strong> 10% of total brain weight<\/strong> <strong>but contains<\/strong> as many as <strong>80% of all neurons <\/strong>in the brain.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Functions<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maintaining balance:<\/strong> The cerebellum has special sensors that <strong>detect shifts in balance and movement.<\/strong> It <strong>sends signals for the body to adjust<\/strong> and move.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coordinating movement:<\/strong> Most body movements require the coordination of multiple muscle groups. The <strong>cerebellum times muscle actions so that the body can move smoothly.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Vision<\/strong>: The cerebellum <strong>coordinates eye movements.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Motor learning:<\/strong> The cerebellum h<strong>elps the body to learn movements that require practice and fine-tuning.<\/strong> For example, the cerebellum plays a role in learning to ride a bicycle or play a musical instrument.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other functions<\/strong>: Researchers believe the cerebellum has <strong>some role in thinking, including processing language and mood<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What is Cerebrum?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Cerebrum is the <strong>largest part of your brain<\/strong> and <strong>includes parts above and forward of the cerebellum.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>receives and gives meaning to information from the sense organs<\/strong> and <strong>controls the body.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is also essential for <strong>memory, reasoning, communication, emotions<\/strong>, and many other functions.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>cerebellum and brainstem sit below the cerebrum<\/strong> and work alongside it to control the voluntary actions in the body.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is Cerebrum?<\/h3>\n<p>Cerebrum is the <strong>largest part of your brain<\/strong> and <strong>includes parts above and forward of the cerebellum.<\/strong> It <strong>receives and gives meaning to information from the sense organs<\/strong> and <strong>controls the body.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/science\/research-finds-part-of-human-brain-that-is-most-affected-by-covid-19-4119947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Research Finds Part Of Human Brain That Is Most Affected By COVID-19<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cerebellum, which stands for \u201clittle brain\u201d, is a structure of the central nervous system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12126","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}