Central Nervous System
The body's most complicated organ.
What is the brain?
Ancient Egyptians did not believe the brain was the centre of intelligence and emotion, instead they thought it was this organ.
What is the heart?
Nerves are made up of these.
What are neurons?
Percentage of the brain that is made of fat.
What is sixty percent?
(Fatty acids are crucial for your brain's performance)
Part of the central nervous system that is responsible for the body's involuntary actions.
What is the medulla (or brain stem)?
The century during which it was discovered that specific areas of the brain were responsible for different functions, such as language.
What is the 19th century?
The type of nerve that receives information.
What are sensory nerves?
The age at which your brain is fully formed.
What is 25?
The brain's weight.
What is 3 pounds?
True or false: the brain's structure and function are done developing by adulthood.
What is false?
Modern neuroscience has revealed that the brain is capable of reorganizing and adapting throughout life.
The three major parts of neurons.
True or false: you only use ten percent of your brain.
What is false?
Character in Wizard of Oz who wishes for a brain.
Who is the scarecrow?
A medical procedure in which parts of the brain are removed, or connections between parts of the brain are broken.
What is a lobotomy?
This procedure has fallen out of favour, with understanding that it has limited benefits and damaging long-term consequences.
The type of nerve that transmits information from the brain to the body.
What are motor nerves?
The storage capacity of the brain.
What is unlimited?
The two parts of the central nervous system.
What are the brain and the medulla (or brain stem)?
The decade in which helmets became mandatory in the NHL.
What is the 1970s?
Although players who started their careers before the rule were allowed to continue to not wear them. The risk of concussions from collisions in sports has been known for 100 years.
Number of nerves in the body (in trillions).
What is seven trillion?
An important activity to aid the brain in judgement, memory, and reaction time.
What is sleep?
(Sleep deprivation kills brain cells. During sleep, the brain accumulates all the memories from the day)