The Big Picture
Neurons
Brain Basics
Nerve Cells
Random
100
What organ controls the nervous system?
The Brain
100
What is a Neuron?
a Nerve Cell
100
This organ controls thinking, movement and senses
The Brain
100
The type of nerve cell that sends signals from your brain to your muscles telling them to move.
Motor Neurons
100
Which sports team is this?
San Jose Sharks
200
The Nervous system helps your body send and receive ___________________
messages
information
200
Name 1 part of a nerve cell
Cell Body
Dendrite
Axon
Axon Terminal
Myelin Sheath
200
Which lobe is this?
Frontal Lobe
200
The type of nerve cell that sends signals from your sense organs (eyes, ears, skin) to your brain.
Sensory neurons
200
Guess the car logo!
300
Name the 3 main parts of the nervous system
1. Brain
2. Spinal Cord
3. Nerves
300
The electrical signals that travel through nerve cells are called what?
Impulses
300
This part of the nervous system is a highway between the brain and the nerves
Spinal cord
300
The type of nerve cell that sends information between neurons
INTER neuron
300
What country does this flag represent?
Germany
400
Part of the Nervous System that is a network of communication pathways throughout the body are called what?
Nerves
400
What is the purpose of the Myelin Sheath?
To speed up impulses (messages)
400
What is this part of the brain?
Brain Stem
400
TRUE or FALSE
The Axon sends messages INTO the cell body
FALSE
400
Which song is this?
All that time
I sat alone in my tower
You were just honing your powers
Now I can see it all (see it all)
Late one night
You dug me out of my grave and
Saved my heart from....
The Fate of Ophelia
-Taylor Swift
500
There are 2 main parts of the Nervous System:
1. The Peripheral Nervous system- which communicates from the Central Nervous System to the rest of the body
2. Central Nervous System- the command center
Name the 2 main parts of the CNS
Brain
Spinal Cord
500
What is another name for the Cell Body?
Soma
500
The Occipital Lobe is located at the back of the brain. It is responsible for what function?
A. Hearing
B. Memory
C. Sight
D. Balance
C. Sight
500
What is the correct order for how messages travel through nerve cells?
A. Axon > Dendrite > Cell body
B. Dendrite > Cell body > Axon
C. Axon > Cell body > Dendrite
B. Dendrite > Cell body > Axon 
500
Back in the day... kids listened to music on these. What is this called?
A Walkman