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# brainstem

noun (the brainstem, brainstems)

«brainstem» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstem/#m1)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstem/#x1)
- Messages travel through the brainstem to the spinal cord. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstem/#x2)
- The brainstem keeps your heart beating. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstem/#x3)
- Our model brain had a brainstem at the bottom. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstem/#x5)
- The brainstem connects the brain to the rest of the body. [tree →](https://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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «brainstem» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainstem/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brainstem» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brainstem.html) on Mova free.