Brain
What is the largest part of the brain?
What is the cerebrum
This nerve sends information from the eye to the brain
What is the optic nerve
The space between two neurons that neurotransmitters travel across
What is Synaptic Cleft or Synapse
What are chemoreceptors
What boxed breakfast treat does Buddy the Elf add to his breakfast spaghetti in Elf?
What are pop tarts
Deep groove that separates large portions of the brain
What is fissure
What percentage of nerve cells are neurons?
What is 10%
What are the three parts of the Brain Stem?
What is Midbrain, Pons, Medulla Oblongata
Another name for the inner layer of eye that contains photoreceptors.
What is the retina
In Finding Nemo, who lives at the address 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney?
What lobe of the brain is still forming in teenagers and controls your decision making skills?
What is the frontal lobe
The protective, insulating covering that surrounds an axon
What is myelin sheath
What structures are included in the diencephalon?
What is thalamus, hypothalamus, and pineal gland
What was the first feature film to be fully computer animated?
What is Toy Story
This lobe helps you understand visual information, visual processing.
What is the Occipital lobe
All of the following are special senses EXCEPT:
touch, taste, smell, sight, hearing
What is touch
Controls blood pressure, heart rate, swallowing, and coughing
What is Medulla Oblongata
Allows the eye to detect black, white, gray shades, and low light
What are Rods
What band do the two main characters bond over in (500) Days of Summer?
Who are The Smiths
What are the three layers of the meninges in order from superficial to deep?
What is Dura mater, Arachnoid layer, Pia mater
What is the normal resting potential for a human cell? (be specific)
What is -70mV
These are spaces in the brain that produce and contain Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
A patient comes in to the eye doctor for a routine eye exam and they find that the shape of their lens is causing light to focus behind the retina. What is this person's diagnosis?
What is myopia
What do these four actors have in common: Mark Hamill, Cesar Romero, Joaquin Phoenix, and Heath Ledger?
What is they have all played The Joker