Brain
Spinal Cord
Problems
Functions of the Nervous System
100

The brain is connected to what kind of nerve?

What is the Spinal Cord

100

Is the spinal cord part of the CNS (Central Nervous System) or PNS (Peripheral Nervous System)?

What is CNS

100

True or false: A stroke is caused by nerves connected to the spinal cord dying off due to lack of fresh air or an unbalanced diet.

What is false

100

What does sensation do for the Nervous system?

It feels things and reacts to outside feelings

200

Is this statement true or false; The brain is not fully formed until age 30?

What is false

200

How long is the spinal cord?

What is 18 inches

200

One of the most common problems with the nervous systems are headaches and migraines. Name three common reasons for people to get headaches.

What is dehydration, skipping meals, high stress, or poor sleep.

200

Name the three major functions of the Nervous System.

What is Sensation, Integration, and Motor Output.

300

How much storage can the brain hold?

What is unlimited

300

Due to change in the spinal cord, there is a time of day where you are scientifically tallest. What time of day is that?

What is Morning

300

Name some common symptoms of Meningitis. 

What is stiff neck, neck pain, headache, fever, and sleepiness.

300

How many divisions of the nervous System are there?

What is two

400

How many lobes are in the human brain?

What is four

400

The cervical part of the spinal cord controls four major parts of the human body. Name at least two of the things it controls. (Hint: The cervical is the top part of the spinal cord.)

What is the hands, wrist, neck, and head.

400

What is the cause of parkinson's disease?

What is loss of nerve cells in a specific part of the brain

400

What is the job of the neurons?

What is cells that carry information throughout the nervous system

500

What is the front of the brain called?

What is the Frontal Lobe

500

There are four parts of the Spinal cord; name at least three of them.


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What is the Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, and Sacral

500

How many people do you think die from encephalitis and meningitis a year? Get within five thousand of the correct number.

What is 259,000 thousand people a year.

500

What is the primary role of the PNS?

What is the primary role of the PNS is to connect the CNS to the limbs, organs, and skin.

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