Century of Synapses
This “executive” part of the brain is essential for planning the next 100 days (and beyond).
What is the frontal lobe?
This “fight-or-flight” system has you sprinting when rounds run late.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This cell wraps nerves with myelin, giving your axons a “100-meter dash” advantage.
What is the oligodendrocyte?
CN II helps you see clearly—even after 100 PowerPoint slides on stroke.
What is the optic nerve?
After 100 days of residency, this knee reflex might be “overworked.”
What is the patellar reflex?
One hundred billion of these tiny connectors keep our neurons talking.
What are synapses?
The “100-day blues” might be mistaken for a stroke in this brain artery’s territory.
What is the middle cerebral artery?
When myelin is lost, as in this demyelinating disease, 100 meters feels like a marathon.
What is multiple sclerosis?
CN VII allows this 100-watt smile, even post-night float.
What is the facial nerve?
Residents sometimes have this “primitive” reflex—especially before coffee.
What is the grasp reflex?
This “wrinkly” brain structure has about 100,000 miles of blood vessels.
What is the cerebral cortex?
This “little brain” helps you stay balanced after 100 days of call shifts.
What is the cerebellum?
Myelin helps increase this—kind of like cramming 100 facts into one resident’s head.
What is conduction velocity?
This cranial nerve is tested when you stick out your tongue after 100 cups of coffee.
What is the hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)?
A sleepy resident might be “toeing the line” with this Babinski sign.
What is the plantar reflex?
Residents after 100 days might feel this is “fried,” but it’s actually where memories form.
What is the hippocampus?
The “100-hour call shift” makes this part of the brain, key for sleep cycles, very unhappy.
What is the hypothalamus?
In the PNS, these cells act as myelin’s wrapping paper—call them “100 layers of insulation.”
What are Schwann cells?
“Hearing” 100 questions on rounds uses this cranial nerve.
What is the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)?
After 100 hours awake, your reflexes feel as slow as this neurotransmitter’s inhibitory action.
What is GABA?