Brain Boss
This part of the brain helps you solve puzzles.
Frontal lobe
These special cells carry messages through your nervous system.
Neurons
Your brain sends a message to your hand telling it to pick up a pencil. What carries the message in order:
Brain to Spinal Cord to muscles in the hand.
What body parts make up your nervous system?
Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerves (Neurons).
You smell your favorite pizza. Which organ detects the smell?
Nose
This part of your brain helps you keep your balance and coordinate your movements.
Cerebellum
This part of a neuron receives messages from other neurons.
Cell Body
You touch something hot. Your nervous system helps you quickly move your hand away. Why?
Your spinal cord is protected by?
Vertebrae/skeleton
You see a soccer ball flying toward you. Your brain helps you decide what to do. What sense gave your brain the informat
Sight
This part of your brain controls important automatic actions like breathing and your heartbeat.
Brainstem
This long part of a neuron carries a message away from the cell body.
Axon
Which travels faster through your body: a nervous-system message or a letter sent through the mail?
Nervous System Message
These carry messages between your brain and spinal nerves.
Spinal cord
You accidentally touch a hot pan and quickly pull your hand away. Is your nervous system helping protect you?
Yes
This part of the brain controls hearing?
Temporal Lobe
This part of the neuron releases messages to another neuron.
Terminal End
What can the brain process quicker? Sound or sight?
Sound
What protects your brain?
Skull
About how much will your brain weigh when you become an adult.
3lbs
This part of the brain control vision.
Occipital Lobe
True or false: Neurons touch each other directly.
False, there is a small gap between them.
What are your nerves made of?
A bunch of neurons!
True or false: You could breathe without your brain.
You hear your name called across the playground. Your ears detect the sound, your nervous system sends information to your brain, and your brain decides to turn around. What happened first?
Ears detecting sound