Brain Parts
Brain Parts 2
Brain Cells
Working Brain
Brain Trivia
100
The command center of the body
What is the brain?
100
The biggest part of the brain
What is the cerebrum?
100
Brain cells
What are neurons?
100
This protects the brain
What is the skull? or What are thick membranes called meninges? or What is cerebrospinal fluid?
100
Period when a baby will have all their neurons
What is at birth?
200
It connects your brain to the spinal cord
What is the brain stem?
200
The lobes located at the rear of the brain which process sight.
What are the occipital lobes?
200
The longer heavier cable of a neuron.
What is an axon?
200
The part that controls the left side of your body?
What is the right hemisphere?
200
The weight of the brain
What is 3 pounds.
300
Because of this you can stand upright, keep your balance and move around.
What is the cerebellum?
300
The frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital
What are the four lobes of the cerebrum?
300
The shorter, bushy cables of a neuron
What is a dendrite?
300
Where both long and short-term memory are stored
What is the cerebrum?
300
The percent of change in the number of synapses between a child with rich sensory experiences and a child with a lack of stimulation.
What is 25%?
400
When you are too hot, this tells your body to sweat and if you are too cold, this gets you shivering.
What is the Hypothalamus?
400
Produces hormones which regulate growth, puberty and metabolism
What is the pituitary gland?
400
Gaps where brain signals jump to travel to another axon or dendrite
What is a synapse?
400
carries messages from the sensory organs like the eyes, ears, nose, and fingers to the cortex or the outer layer of the cerebrum
What is the thalamus?
400
Tumors, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and concussions
What are problems of the brain?
500
Parts of the brain stem
What is the midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata?
500
How the hemispheres communicate with each other
What is the corpus collosum?
500
Sent within a single brain cell or between 2 cells to transfer a message.
What is an electrical impulse or What is a chemical impulse?
500
The process where the brain strengthens it’s stronger connections and weeds out unused pathways.
What is pruning?
500
The part that is more analytical, helping you with math, logic and speech
What is the left hemisphere?
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