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# brainstem

«brainstem» in Mova's school dictionary: **The bottom part of the brain that joins it to the spinal…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (the brainstem, brainstems)

### meaning for a pupil

The bottom part of the brain that joins it to the spinal cord and controls automatic actions like breathing, heartbeat, swallowing and sleeping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstem/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on the nervous system, the brain has three main parts: the cerebrum (thinking), the cerebellum (balance) and the brainstem (life-keeping automatic jobs). It tells the reader about things the body does without us thinking. In safety lessons, it shows why helmets protect the head and neck.

### examples

- The brainstem controls your breathing even when you sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstem/#x1)
- Messages travel through the brainstem to the spinal cord. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstem/#x2)
- The brainstem keeps your heart beating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstem/#x3)
- Our model brain had a brainstem at the bottom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstem/#x4)
- You do not have to think to breathe; your brainstem does it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstem/#x5)
- The brainstem connects the brain to the rest of the body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstem/#x6)

### note

Usually «the brainstem»; also spelt «brain stem». Countable but mostly used in the singular. It is not a separate brain; it is part of the brain.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «brainstem» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstem/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.