MND
MND primarily affects this system of the body, leading to muscle weakness and atrophy.
What is the nervous system?
MS is a disease where the immune system attacks this protective layer around nerve fibers.
What is the myelin sheath?
This continent is home to the Sahara, the largest hot desert in the world.
What is Africa?
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
What is an echo?
This Lauries Science teacher is the coordinator for chess
Who is Mr Larkin?
This famous physicist lived with MND for over 50 years, becoming an advocate for scientific research on the disease
Who is Stephen Hawking?
The vitamin associated with increased MS activity
What is vitamin D?
The Andes, the longest mountain range in the world, is located on this continent.
What is South America?
The more of this there is, the less you see. What am I?
What is darkness?
This Lauries Science teacher plays AFL
Who is Mr Ferguson?
In MND, these cells, which carry signals from the brain to muscles, gradually degenerate.
What are motor neurons?
MS is considered this type of disease where the body wrongfully attacks itself
What is an auto-immune disease?
The river that flows through Egypt and is considered the longest river in the world is called this
What is the Nile?
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
What is a map?
This Lauries Science teacher was a high performer in long jump
Who is Mr D'Amico
This common symptom of MND refers to the progressive weakening and wasting of muscles, impacting speech, movement, and even breathing
What is muscle atrophy
This imaging technique is often used to detect lesions in the brain and spinal cord, helping to diagnose MS
What is MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)?
This line of latitude, also known as 0 degrees, divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
What is the Equator?
I am not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. I don’t have a mouth, and I can drown. What am I?
What is fire?
This Lauries Science Teacher use to play for the Queensland Bulls Cricket Team
Who is Mr Walter?
The type of MND known as ALS is short for this full name.
What is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?
This virus is considered to be linked with MS
What is the Epstein-Barr Virus?
The capital of Panama
Where is panama city?
I turn once, what is out will not get in. I turn again, what is in will not get out. What am I?
What is a key?
This Lauries Science teacher came 3rd at a regional break dancing competition
Who is Mr Keillor?