NAME THAT BRAIN PART
MIND MALFUNCTIONS
SCAN-TASTIC
NEURON KNOW-HOW
MIND MASH-UP
100
This brain structure is primarily responsible for balance, coordination, and fine motor control.
What is the Cerebellum?
100
This condition occurs when blood flow to the brain is interrupted.
What is a stroke?
100
This imaging technique uses magnetic fields.
What is MRI?
100
These nerve cells carry electrical signals in the nervous system.
What is a neuron?
100
This part of the body connects your brain to your spinal cord and helps relay signals.
What is the brainstem?
200
This brain structure plays a key role in forming new memories and is part of the limbic system.
What is the Hippocampus?
200
This disease causes progressive memory loss and is the most common form of dementia.
What is Alzheimers?
200
This type of scan uses x-rays to take detailed pictures inside the body.
What is a CT?
200
These chemicals send messages between neurons.
What are neurotransmitters?
200
This organ uses about 20% of your body’s energy, even though it only weighs about 3 pounds.
What is the brain?
300
These are the four lobes of the brain.
What are the Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, and Occipital lobe?
300
This disorder involves repeated seizures due to abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
What is Epilepsy?
300
This scan shows which parts of the brain are active by measuring blood flow.
What is a fMRI?
300
These structures branch off a neuron and receive signals from other cells.
What are dendrites?
300
There are this many pairs of cranial nerves in the human body.
What is 12?
400
Damage to this structure can prevent communication between the brain’s left and right hemispheres.
What is the Corpus Callosum?
400
This condition results in paralysis of all four limbs, often due to a spinal cord injury.
What is Quadriplegia?
400
This imaging technique helps detect cancer by measuring how the body uses glucose.
What is a PET scan?
400
This part of the neuron contains the nucleus and connects the dendrites to the axon.
What is the Cell Body?
400
It takes this long for an action potential to travel from the brain to the finger tips.
What is 100 milliseconds?
500
These are the protective membranes that surround the brain.
What are the meninges?
500
This disease is characterized by tremor, rigidity, and slowed movement.
What is Parkinson's Disease?
500
This imaging technique is used to diagnose Parkinson's Disease.
What is a DAT Scan?
500
This insulating layer around axons helps speed up nerve signal transmission.
What is myelin?
500
This non-invasive technique measures electrical activity in the brain using electrodes placed on the scalp and is often used to study brain waves.
What is EEG?