The average length of a spinal cord.
What is 2 feet long?
This is caused by a blow to the head, which causes the brain to hit the interior skull and kill brain neurons.
What is a concussion?
#1
What is the frontal lobe?
The five senses.
What are smell, touch, sight, sound, taste
The total number of neurons in the body.
What is 100 billion?
This part of the brain is responsible for balance, coordination, and posture.
What is the cerebellum?
The spinal cord is protected by this.
What is the spine/vertebrae?
An abnormal growth of tissue around the brain that kills normal neurons around it. Could be cancerous if not treated early.
What is a brain tumor?
#2
What is the temporal lobe?
The temporal lobe controls these senses.
What is hearing and smelling?
The two divisions of the nervous system.
What is CNS & PNS?
This animated character had a total shutdown in his body due to poor hydration and poor physical shape from a baseball game.
Who is Peter Griffin?
The spinal cord is attached to this part of the brain.
What is the brain stem?
A progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions. Non-curable.
What is Alzheimer's disease?

What is the parietal lobe?
The occipital lobe controls this sense.
What is sight?
These neurons send messages from the brain to the muscles and back to the brain.
What are motor neurons?
This is another name for the brain stem that Bobby Bouche from the movie Waterboy did not enjoy hearing from his professor.
What is the Medulla Oblongata?
The spinal cord is part of this branch of the nervous system.
What is the central nervous system (CNS)?
An injury caused by a blow to the head that causes long-term damage.
What is a traumatic brain injury (TBI)?
#5
What is the occipital lobe?
The parietal lobe controls these senses.
What is touch and taste?
The total number of neurons in the brain.
(DAILY DOUBLE)
What is 4 billion?
This part of the brain is responsible for skeletal muscle movements.
What is the cerebrum?
The diameter of the spinal cord is comparable to this body part.
What is your index finger?
A head injury which results in loss of feeling below the neck.
What is quadriplegia?
#3 & #6
What is the brain stem and cerebellum?
This part of the brain controls and encompasses all of our senses.
What is the cerebrum?
This is what Mr. Hulse compared the nervous system to from the first slide of our lecture. (HINT - text messages)
What is the communication system/cell phone of the body?
This part of the brain is responsible for changes in heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, vomiting, swallowing, and digestion.
What is the brain stem?