Brain Anatomy
Organ found inside the skull.
What is the brain?
Branches on a nerves that receive information.
What are the dendrites?
You wear this to protect your head during activities.
What is a helmet?
Associated with visual processing.
What is the occipital lobe?
Runs down your back and carries impulses to and from the brain.
What is the spinal cord?
Keeps track of your body and what it is doing.
What is the parietal lobe?
Transmits information.
What is the axon?
Cocoa, leafy greens, and eggs.
What are foods that are good for your brain?
Part of the eye that is colored.
What is the iris?
Connects the brain to the spinal cord.
What is the brain stem?
In charge of smell and ability to speak and understand speech.
What is the temporal lobe?
Found at the end and send signals out to other neurons.
What is the axon terminal?
Dizziness, headache, and blurry vision.
What are symptoms of a concussion?
The lens of the eye.
What is the cornea?
Found in all parts of your body.
What are nerves?
Controls your coordination and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
Fatty, segmented covering surrounding the axon.
What is a myelin sheath?
1 hour a day.
Allows better night vision.
What is a larger pupil?
The largest part of the brain.
What is the cerebrum?
Controls your heart beat, breathing, and digestion.
What is the brain stem?
Synapse.
What is the space between neurons?
This is important to do each night for optimal brain function.
What is sleep?
Can causes blurry vision or blindness.