Correct and rewrite the statements by changing the biological term that is underlined for each statement:
Maintaining balance of the body and coordinating muscular activities is carried out by the CEREBRUM.
Topic: Cerebellum
Answer
Maintaining balance of the body and coordinating muscular activities is carried out by the CEREBELLUM.
Two words one letter apart, and they do different jobs: CEREBRUM — thinking, memory, reasoning, and the INITIATION of voluntary action CEREBELLUM — BALANCE and the COORDINATION of muscular movement
THE DISTINCTION worth carrying: the cerebrum DECIDES to make a movement, the cerebellum CONTROLS how it is carried out. Someone with cerebellar damage still intends to pick up a cup and still tries, but the movement is jerky and misjudged — which is also why alcohol, which depresses the cerebellum, causes staggering rather than loss of intention.
The -ELLUM ending means "little": the cerebellum is the little cerebrum, lying below and behind it.