The Brain
This structure connects the rest of the brain to the spinal cord, which runs down your neck and back. It is also in charge of all the functions your body needs to stay alive, like breathing air, digesting, and circulation.
What is the Brain Stem?
What is the "thump-thump" feeling of your heart beating, which you can feel on your neck or wrist.
What is a pulse?
Babies are born with 300 ____, but as they grow, some fuse together, leaving adults with 206.
What are bones?
The structure controls balance, movement, and coordination (how your muscles work together)
What is the Cerebellum?
If you track your pulse for 30 seconds, you must multiply the number of pulses by this number to find your BPM (beats per minute)
What is 2?
These parts of your body NEVER stop growing!
What are fingernails/ears/nose?
The structure processes and interprets everything we see.
What is the Occipital lobe?
In most cases, your heart rate will _______ after physical activity (increase/decrease)
What is Increase?
______ is the largest organ and renews itself every month
What is skin?
This structure controls emotions and short-term memory.
What is the Temporal lobe?
This can help decrease your heart rate
What is resting?
Your _____ is sometimes more active when you are asleep than when you are awake
What is the brain?
This structure controls voluntary movement such as reasoning, planning, parts of speech and movement, emotions, and problem-solving.
It continues to develop throughout adolescence.
What is the frontal lobe?
This organ is mainly responsible for our pulse
What is the Heart?
Your _____ is about the size of your fist
What is the heart?