Brain Parts
Brain Functions
Nervous System Basics
Fun Brain Facts
Diseases and Disorders
100

This part of the brain controls voluntary movements and decision-making.

What is the Frontal Lobe?

100

This part of the brain helps you think, plan, and make decisions.

What is the Frontal Lobe?

100

This system includes the brain and spinal cord.

What is the Central Nervous System?

100

The human brain contains approximately this many neurons.

What is 86 billion?

100

This disorder involves the progressive loss of memory and other cognitive functions, commonly affecting older adults.

What is Alzheimer's Disease?

200

This small structure at the back of the brain is responsible for balance and coordination.

What is the Cerebellum?

200

This structure is involved in regulating body temperature, hunger, and thirst.

What is the Hypothalamus?

200

This type of neuron transmits information from sensory receptors to the central nervous system.

What is a sensory neuron?

200

This is the name of the brain's ability to change and adapt throughout life.

What is neuroplasticity?

200

This condition is caused by damage to the brain’s blood vessels, leading to impaired brain function.

What is a Stroke?

300

This part of the brain connects the left and right hemispheres, facilitating communication between them.

What is the Corpus Callosum?

300

The thalamus acts as a relay station for all sensory information except for this sense.

What is smell?

300

These cells support and protect neurons in the nervous system.

What are glial cells?

300

This is the average weight of the human brain.

What is about 3 pounds (1.4 kg)?

300

This disorder causes tremors and difficulty with movement due to the degeneration of dopamine-producing neurons.

What is Parkinson's Disease?

400

This part of the brain controls basic life functions like breathing and heart rate.

What is the Brainstem?

400

This part of the brain controls speech production

What is Broca's Area

400

This part of the nervous system controls voluntary movements and sensory information.

What is the Somatic Nervous System?

400

This part of the brain is responsible for processing vision.

What is the Occipital Lobe?

400

This disease involves an autoimmune attack on the myelin sheaths of neurons, causing various neurological symptoms.

What is Multiple Sclerosis?

500

This almond-shaped cluster of nuclei is in charge of processing emotions like fear and pleasure.

What is the Amygdala?

500

This part of the brain processes long-term memory.

What is the Hippocampus?

500

This structure connects the brain to the rest of the body and is responsible for transmitting signals between the brain and peripheral nervous system.

What is the Spinal Cord?

500

The brain uses about this percentage of the body’s total energy.

What is 20%?

500

This disorder involves a person experiencing extreme shifts in mood, energy, and activity levels.

What is Bipolar Disorder?