Complete the task. Read the text below. Transform the words in brackets in capital letters (so that they match the content lexically and grammatically). Use them to fill in the gaps.

Write one word in each gap.

Using a mixture of observation and philosophy, the ancient Greeks were the first to attempt a detailed____
(DESCRIBE) of the nervous system. Hippocrates pioneered the concept of the brain as the seat of cognition, thought,_______
(INTELLIGENT), sensations and emotion in the 4th century BCE.

In the 3rd century BCE, Herophilus understood the brain and spinal cord's combined role in what we now call the_______
(CENTER) nervous system (CNS). It gathers information from the rest of the body and our external environment and controls_____
(MOVE), sensations, thought, memory, and speech.

By dissecting animals' brains in the 2nd century CE, Roman physician Galen of Pergamum established that the nerves directing motor functions and those linked to the senses are controlled by different parts of the CNS. This pointed to the existence of the autonomic nervous system, which connects the CNS with the heart, lungs, stomach and bladder which operates without us thinking about it to regulate______
(VOLUNTARY) functions, such as breathing and heartbeat.
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