Structures of the Brain
This is the area of the brain responsible for all voluntary activities of the body - largest part of the brain
What is the cerebrum?
This is a chronic disease of the central nervous system marked by damage to the myelin sheath - plaques occur in the brain and spinal cord causing tremor, weakness, incoordination, and disturbances in vision and sleep.
What is MS or multiple sclerosis?
This is the name of a nerve cell
What is a neuron?
This involves memory, thinking, reasoning, ability to understand, judgement, and behavior
What is cognitive functioning?
People often state the brain weighs about how much
What is 3lbs
Often referred to lovingly as the "little brain" this part of the brain is located at the rear of the brainstem and functions include processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
This condition is chronic and progressive and most notably impacted the late Stephen Hawking - it slowly causes a person to lose all muscle abilities - typically affects men more than women
What is ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease?
This part of the neuron contains the nucleus
What is the cell body/ soma?
These cells form the blood-brain barrier - when broke down into medical terminology it literally means star cell.
What is an astrocyte?
You brain is made up of what percentage of fat
What is 60 - percent?
This part is not really part of the brain per say but connects the brain to the spinal cord - Controls involuntary life-sustaining activities such as breathing, heart rate, sleeping, and maintaining consciousness
What is the brain stem?
This disease is the leading cause of disability in adults, risk factors involve HTN, Obesity, Smoking, high cholesterol.
What is a stroke?
This part of the neuron is responsible for transmitting signals
What is the axon?
This division of the peripheral nervous system controls the body's skeletal muscles
What is the SNS - Somatic Nervous System?
This is the age in which your brain is typically fully-formed
What is 25 years old?
This small pea-sized gland is often referred to as the "master gland" and plays a major part in hormone regulation and secretion
What is the pituitary gland?
This condition is a progressive and irreversible brain disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language and finally physical functioning. The most common type of dementia.
What is AD or Alzheimer's disease?
This part of the neuron is responsible for receiving signals from other cells
What are dendrites?
What is the ANS or Autonomic Nervous System?
At this age they say your spinal cord is fully grown
What is 4 years old?
This area isn't part of the brain either but works as a "highway" to allow messages to come and go from brain to body and body to brain
What is the spinal cord?
This condition occurs in persons with spinal cord injuries at the mid-thoracic level or above and triggers the sympathetic nervous system - causes include constipation, over-full bladder, and raising the head of the bed 45 degrees, having the person sit upright, and removing the cause help to eliminate this condition.
What is autonomic dysreflexia?
A signal can pass through a nerve cell at what speed
What is 265 mph?
These neurons are often called sensory neurons and take information from the senses to the brain
What are afferent neurons?
This is the medical term indicating a brain freeze
What is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia?