Brain Parts
This part of the brain controls voluntary movements and decision-making.
What is the Frontal Lobe?
This part of the brain helps you think, plan, and make decisions.
What is the Frontal Lobe?
This system includes the brain and spinal cord.
What is the Central Nervous System?
The human brain contains approximately this many neurons.
What is 86 billion?
This disorder involves the progressive loss of memory and other cognitive functions, commonly affecting older adults.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
This small structure at the back of the brain is responsible for balance and coordination.
What is the Cerebellum?
This structure is involved in regulating body temperature, hunger, and thirst.
What is the Hypothalamus?
This type of neuron transmits information from sensory receptors to the central nervous system.
What is a sensory neuron?
This is the name of the brain's ability to change and adapt throughout life.
What is neuroplasticity?
This condition is caused by damage to the brain’s blood vessels, leading to impaired brain function.
What is a Stroke?
This part of the brain connects the left and right hemispheres, facilitating communication between them.
What is the Corpus Callosum?
The thalamus acts as a relay station for all sensory information except for this sense.
What is smell?
These cells support and protect neurons in the nervous system.
What are glial cells?
This is the average weight of the human brain.
What is about 3 pounds (1.4 kg)?
This disorder causes tremors and difficulty with movement due to the degeneration of dopamine-producing neurons.
What is Parkinson's Disease?
This part of the brain controls basic life functions like breathing and heart rate.
What is the Brainstem?
This part of the brain controls speech production
What is Broca's Area
This part of the nervous system controls voluntary movements and sensory information.
What is the Somatic Nervous System?
This part of the brain is responsible for processing vision.
What is the Occipital Lobe?
This disease involves an autoimmune attack on the myelin sheaths of neurons, causing various neurological symptoms.
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
This almond-shaped cluster of nuclei is in charge of processing emotions like fear and pleasure.
What is the Amygdala?
This part of the brain processes long-term memory.
What is the Hippocampus?
This structure connects the brain to the rest of the body and is responsible for transmitting signals between the brain and peripheral nervous system.
What is the Spinal Cord?
The brain uses about this percentage of the body’s total energy.
What is 20%?
This disorder involves a person experiencing extreme shifts in mood, energy, and activity levels.
What is Bipolar Disorder?