Gray Matters
On My Last Nerve
Can you Hear Me Now?
Burn, Baby, Burn!
Go With the Flow
100

Lobe that processes visual information.


What is the occipital lobe?

100

Cranial nerve that allows you to shrug your shoulders.


What is the accessory nerve (XI)?

100

The part of the eye that gives it color and controls pupil size.


What is the iris?

100

The process of breaking down larger molecules into smaller ones.


What is catabolism?

100

This organ filters blood to form urine.


What is the kidney

200

Brainstem section that controls breathing and heart rate.


What is the medulla oblongata?

200

The tough outer meningeal layer covering the spinal cord.


What is the dura mater?

200

The snail-shaped structure that converts sound vibrations into nerve impulses.


What is the cochlea?

200

Proteins are made up of these building blocks.


What are amino acids?

200

The functional unit of the kidney.


What is the nephron?

300

The ridges on the brain’s surface.


What are gyri?

300

Damage to cranial nerve II may cause this.


What is blindness/vision loss?

300

Condition where pressure builds in the eye and damages the optic nerve.


What is glaucoma?

300

The breakdown of glucose to produce ATP.


What is glycolysis?

300

The indentation on the kidney where blood vessels and the ureter connect.


What is the hilum?

400

The "little brain" that coordinates movement and balance.


What is the cerebellum?

400

The white matter of the spinal cord is made up mostly of these structures.


What are myelinated axons?

400

These receptors detect changes in temperature.


What are thermoreceptors?

400

The approximate number of ATP molecules produced from one molecule of glucose during aerobic respiration.


What is 36–38 ATP?

400

Aldosterone promotes reabsorption of this ion in the nephron.


What is sodium?

500

Condition where blood flow to the brain is interrupted.


What is a stroke (CVA)?

500

Spinal cord injury at C3 or higher can lead to this fatal complication.


What is respiratory failure (loss of diaphragm control)?

500

The part of the brain that interprets touch, temperature, and pain.


What is the parietal lobe (somatosensory cortex)?

500

he organelle where most ATP is produced.


What is the mitochondrion?

500

The outer layer of the kidney.

What is the renal cortex?

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