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Encyclopedia > Brains

Brains has several meanings. Predominantly it is the plural of brain. Figuratively it is used to indicate intelligence e.g. "she is the brains of the couple" meaning that she is the intelligent one. For other uses, see Brain (disambiguation). ...


Brains may also refer to:

  • Brains, Loire-Atlantique, a commune of the Loire-Atlantique département, in France
  • Brain's faggots, a British manufacturer of faggots (i.e. meatballs)
  • "BRAINS!", a song by the musician Voltaire, from the television show The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
  • S A Brain, a regional brewery in South Wales
  • The brain of an animal, when described as offal
  • The favorite food of zombies in film and fiction
  • Hiram K. "Brains" Hackenbacker, a character from the Thunderbirds television series
  • A slang term for the act of giving oral sex (on a male)

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The Brain Is the Boss (1297 words)
The cerebrum is the thinking part of the brain and it controls your voluntary muscles — the ones that move when you want them to.
The brain stem is in charge of all the functions your body needs to stay alive, like breathing air, digesting food, and circulating blood.
The brain stem also sorts through the millions of messages that the brain and the rest of the body send back and forth.
Brain - MSN Encarta (972 words)
The brain is the control center for movement, sleep, hunger, thirst, and virtually every other vital activity necessary to survival.
The adult human brain is a 1.3-kg (3-lb) mass of pinkish-gray jellylike tissue made up of approximately 100 billion nerve cells, or neurons; neuroglia (supporting-tissue) cells; and vascular (blood-carrying) and other tissues.
Located at the lower back of the brain beneath the occipital lobes, the cerebellum is divided into two lateral (side-by-side) lobes connected by a fingerlike bundle of white fibers called the vermis.
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