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What you DON'T think about!!!!!

Things in your body happen without having to think about it.  This occurs because the medulla in your brain controls it.  If you catch a ball, your eyes, hands, and feet must all work together. The cerebellum also helps you to keep your balance.   It receives signals from the sense organs, like "I’m falling".  When it receives that message it tells the muscles what they can do to help.  All this happens because the motor cortex sends out nerve impulses that control all the movements of your skeleton muscles.

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