Lobe it or leave it
Neurons
Brain Structures
Studying the Brain
A Pain in the Brain
100
The largest structure of the brain, divided into two hemispheres, each with four lobes.
What is the cerebral cortex?
100
The brain is made up of 100 billion of these.
What are neurons?
100
A tennis-ball sized structure at the base of the brain, which is important for controlling movement.
What is the cerebellum?
100
The term for a scientist who studies the brain and the nervous system.
What is a neuroscientist?
100
This type of doctor performs surgery to remove brain tumors.
What is a neurosurgeon?
200
The lobe of the brain responsible for motor actions.
What is the frontal lobe?
200
The part of the neuron that sends a signal to another cell.
What is an axon?
200
This brain structure is made up of the medulla, midbrain, and the pons.
What is the brainstem.
200
This technology records brain electrical activity with electrodes placed at the scalp.
What is an EEG?
200
This brain illness can cause memory loss and dementia.
What is Alzheimer's disease.
300
The lobe of the brain responsible for hearing and language.
What is the temporal lobe?
300
The part of the neuron that receives a signal from another cell.
What is a dendrite?
300
This structure, located at the base of the brainstem, is important for controlling breathing and heart rate.
What is the medulla?
300
This device uses a magnetic field to make pictures of the brain.
What is an MRI?
300
An disease resulting from loss of neurons in the midbrain, characterized by shaking and tremors.
What is Parkinson's disease?
400
The lobe of the brain that processes your sense of touch.
What is the parietal lobe?
400
The burst of electrical activity that travels down a neuron and allows two neurons to communicate.
What is an action potential?
400
This structure allows you to form new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
400
This device, with a name that sounds like an animal, uses X-Rays to make pictures of the brain.
What is a CAT scan?
400
A person suffering from narcolepsy might do this too much.
What is sleep?
500
The lobe of the brain responsible for vision?
What is the occipital lobe?
500
The space between two neurons.
What is a synapse?
500
This almond-shaped structure is important in emotional processing.
What is the amygdala?
500
This technology studies brain activity indirectly, by recording muscle signals with electrodes.
What is an EMG?
500
A disease characterized by seizures resulting from abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
What is epilepsy.
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