Muscles,
Joints,
& Bones

Brain

Your brain weighs only about 3 pounds, but it’s the control center for your whole body. Like a computer, the brain has parts that do different jobs.

The brain continues to change in important ways until the body is fully grown. Drinking alcohol while your brain is still growing and changing can be especially harmful. Let’s take a look at what each part of the brain does and how alcohol affects it.

• Cerebral Cortex
• Central Nervous System
• Frontal Lobes
• Hippocampus
• Cerebellum
• Hypothalamus
• Medulla