Development of the Most Complex Organ on a human body; A look at the stages through which the brain develops.
The human brain is a remarkable organ that has allowed us to discover new things that make living better by the day; from technology, health and the rest of the basis of life. Scientists have tried to solve the way the brain works in fulfilling these tasks but have failed, failing to solve what happens in our brains during the creative process. But just like the way the brain works mesmerizes everyone, it's development is just as mind blowing.
Even before a woman that has conceived realises she's pregnant, the brain will have started it's development which is at 16 days after conception. The brain development starts with the forming of the neural plate which are the foundation of the baby's brain and spinal cord. This is one of the first systems that start to develop on the baby. The neural plate grows long into a tube which we refer to as a neural tube and it's from this tube that three sections of the brain develop; the forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain. The three parts form at 6 weeks of pregnancy.
These three parts grow into the five main parts of the brain;
The cerebrum: Which is in charge of thinking, feeling and remembering.
The cerebellum: Which is in charge of motor control.
The Brain Stem: This is where we find the Medulla Oblongata, and it's here that we get the most essential functions of the body from including heart rate, breathing and blood pressure.
The Pituitary Gland: This is the one that releases hormones in the body that are responsible for growth and metabolism.
The Hypothalamus: Which is in charge of body temperature, hunger, thirst, sleep and emotions.
The brain takes time to grow from here on until at 13 weeks of gestation where the development starts going rapidly. It's here that the brain starts looking different, tripling in size, with the cerebellum growing faster of the 5 regions of the brain. This rapid development is what influences the feeling, remembering and thinking which start functioning at the time the baby is produced.
All these stages of brain development in the womb are critical and a mother has to give attention to what she takes in during this entire time to guarantee the full safe development of the brain. Advise should be picked from a well qualified medical personnel in this field to ensure proper taking in of the required nutrients which will support the developing of the baby's memory with a life long ability to learn, nutrients to help in accurate sending of messages in the brain, and nutrients that will have the baby's brain tissue protected from damage. This will give the baby given birth to a step ahead in being better at things than the ones that didn't have these areas given attention to.
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