Numbers Game
Cells Themselves
Biology
All Systems Go
Leftovers
100
This percentage of the brain is Cortex
What is 80%?
100
This is another name for a brain cell.
What is a neuron?
100
This is the brain's sensory switchboard.
What is the thalamus?
100
It is abbreviated CNS.
What is the Central Nervous System?
100
This neurotransmitter affects alertness and pleasure.
What is Dopamine?
200
Humans are born with this many neurons
What is 100 billion
200
These are the branch-like extensions of a brain cell.
What are dendrites?
200
This is known as the, "Little Brain."
What is the cerebellum?
200
It links the CNS to the body's sense receptors, muscles and glands.
What is Peripheral Nervous System?
200
These cause a natural high after a workout.
What are endorphins?
300
This is how many synapses the brain may have after 8 months.
What is 1,000 trillion?
300
These bind the dendrites of one cell and the axons of another.
What are neurotransmitters?
300
This is the body's control and information processing center.
What is the Cerebral Cortex?
300
This system conserves energy, decreases heart rate, and lowers blood sugar levels.
What is the Parasympathetic System?
300
This is an impaired use of language due to damages to certain areas of the brain.
What is Aphasia?
400
This is the number of synapses that a human may have after 10 years
What is 500 trillion?
400
This is the process in which axons become coated in a fatty substance.
What is myelination?
400
This component takes orders from other parts of the brain.
What is the hypothalamus?
400
This system affects, among other things, the adrenal glands.
What is the Endocrine System?
400
These guide neural connections
What are glial cells?
500
This is how many sections the Pituitary Gland consists of.
What is 3?
500
Brain cells generate this from chemical events.
What is electricity?
500
This extends from the spinal cord to the thalamus.
What is the reticular formation?
500
This system uses hormonal messages to affect bodily tissues.
What is the Endocine System?
500
This is attached to the hypothalamus by nerve fibers.
What is the pituitary gland?
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