Parts of the Brain
Injuries
Cells of the Brain
Anatomy & Physiology
Fun facts and myths
100
This is a key takeaway from the humunuculus and demonstrates that, in biology, ___________ is related to ________
What is structure is related to function?
100
This is a mild injury that can occur after the brain forcibly hits the skull
What is a concussion? (or mild brain injury)?
100
This type of cell processes and transmits information. (proper, scientific name)
What is a neuron?
100
This is the bundle of nervous tissue that extends from the brain stem and continues down the center of the back to the pelvis.
What is the spinal cord?
100
This is the percentage of the brain that is in use at all times.
What is 100%?
200
These are the three components/sections of the brain.
What are the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain?
200
This is a much more serious injury that can occur to the head after an extremely forceful blow to the head that can lead to long-term impairments to affect communication, sensation, thinking, and behavior/emotion, among other things.
What is a traumatic brain injury?
200
This type of cell support and protect nerve cells.
What are glial cells?
200
This is a reaction to potentially harmful stimuli that the muscles/body can produce without any input from the brain
What are reflexes?
200
This funky guy illustrates how large our body parts would be if it was directly correlated to the amount of brain-space dedicated to those body parts
What is a humunculus?
300
This is the largest part of the brain and a component of the forebrain and controls conscious, intellectual functions.
What is the cerebrum
300
An injury to this part of the body can result in paralysis, chronic pain, and loss of bowel/bladder control, among other things.
What is the spinal cord/spinal cord injury?
300
This part of a nerve cell receives signals from other nerve cells
What are dendrites?
300
This is the name of the bones that make up the spine and encloses the spinal cord.
What is the vertebral column?
300
This is the term for when your brain is able to rewire itself, change, and adapt, which can occur through the lifespan.
What is plasticity?
400
This part of the cerebrum is associated with executive functions, such as attention, self-control, planning, problem solving, personality, etc.
What is the frontal lobe?
400
This is a condition that can develop after MULTIPLE, REPEATED injuries to the head that causes problems with thinking, emotions, and mood.
What is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?
400
This part of the nerve cell is the "end" of the cell and sends signals to other neurons.
What is the axon?
400
These are the two divisions of the nervous system, one involving the brain and spinal cord, the other sensation and muscles
What is the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system?
400
This is the name of the surgical conditional that was previously used to treat epilepsy/seizures in which the brain was cut in half.
What is split brain?
500
This part of the cerebrum is the smallest of the four sections of cerebrum and is solely dedicated to vision.
What is the occipital lobe?
500
This is a rare neurological syndrome that, despite being fully alert and maintaining normal thinking/reasoning, causes paralysis of voluntary muscles, except for those that allow you to move your eyes up and down. (not paralysis)
What is locked-in syndrome?
500
This is the gap between nerve cells that allows commnication between neurons.
What is a synaptic gap?
500
This is a highly selective membrane that separates the blood from fluid in the central nervous system.
What is the blood-brain barrier?
500
The brain makes up _% of the body's weight but uses about __% of the body's total energy.
What is 2% and 20%?